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Lisa Marie Presley Mourned at Public Memorial Service Held at Graceland: Particulars
Saying goodbye. Lisa Marie Presley has been laid to relaxation at her father’s Graceland property and mourned throughout a public memorial service on Sunday, January 22.
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The service, which started with a rendition of “Superb Grace” by Jason Clark and The Tennessee Mass Choir, came about on the entrance garden of Graceland. Pastor Dwayne Hunt presided over the memorial, providing help to Presley’s family members.
“For Riley, for Harper, for Finley, we march ahead in help,” Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, stated on Sunday, remarking that she felt honored to talk since they known as one another “Sissy” throughout their years-long friendship.
The “Storm & Grace” songstress — who was the one youngster of Priscilla Presley and late ex-husband Elvis Presley — died on January 12 after going into cardiac arrest. She was 54.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I have to share the devastating information that my stunning daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla, 77, stated in a press release to Individuals on the time. “She was essentially the most passionate sturdy and loving lady I’ve ever identified. We ask for privateness as we attempt to cope with this profound loss. Thanks for the love and prayers. Presently there will probably be no additional remark.”
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Lisa Marie is survived by her mom and her three daughters: Riley Keough, whom she shared with ex-husband Danny Keough, and twins Harper and Finley, whom she coparented with former partner Michael Lockwood. Lisa Marie and Danny, 58, additionally shared son Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide in 2020 on the age of 27.
Following her loss of life, Lisa Marie’s mom and her youngsters introduced that they deliberate to carry a public memorial for the late songwriter at Graceland. (Elvis, who died in 1977 on the age of 42, bought the Memphis, Tennessee, property in 1957.)
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“Riley, Harper, Finley, and Priscilla are grateful for the help, well-wishes, and outpouring of affection honoring their beloved Lisa Marie,” a rep for the Presley household instructed Us Weekly in a press release on Monday, January 16. “A public memorial service has been organized on the entrance garden of Graceland at 9:00 am on Sunday, January 22, in Memphis.”
Lisa Marie’s casket was buried within the property’s Meditation Backyard on Thursday, January 19, subsequent to her “beloved son” Benjamin. The late “Jailhouse Rock” crooner and his dad and mom, Vernon and Gladys Presley, are additionally buried at Graceland.
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The Tennessee native’s passing occurred two days after she attended the eightieth annual Golden Globes with Priscilla, in celebration of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic. The 2022 movie starred Austin Butler and Tom Hanks as Elvis and music supervisor Colonel Tom Parker, respectively. The Carrie Diaries alum, 31, even took dwelling the trophy for Greatest Actor in a Drama Movement Image.
“I additionally wish to thank … the Presley household, thanks guys, thanks for opening your hearts and your reminiscences [and] your property to me,” Butler gushed in his January 10 acceptance speech. “Lisa Marie, Priscilla: I really like you perpetually.”
