Priscilla Presley Scott Kirkland/Shutterstock
Ceaselessly of their hearts. Throughout Lisa Marie Presley’s Sunday, January 22, memorial service, mom Priscilla Presley remembered her legacy with a candy tribute.
“I’m going to learn one thing that my granddaughter wrote for all of you,” Priscilla, 77, mentioned throughout the funeral service, which befell at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, referring to 14-year-old twins Harper and Finley. “And this says all of it.”
The Dallas alum continued, studying their eulogy: “I do not know the right way to put my mom into phrases, fact is there are too many. Lisa Marie Presley was an icon, a job mannequin, a superhero to many individuals all around the world, however Mama was my icon, my function mannequin, my superhero in way more methods than one. Even now, I can’t get throughout all the pieces there’s to be understood or identified about her however as she at all times mentioned, ‘I’ll do my finest.’”
Finley Aaron Love Lockwood, Lisa Marie Presley, and Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood on June 21, 2022. Steve Cohn/Shutterstock
Lisa Marie — who shared her twin daughters with ex-husband Michael Lockwood — died on January 12 after struggling 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 mentioned in a press release on the time, confirming her daughter’s passing. “She was essentially the most passionate robust 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.”
The “Storm & Grace” singer — who was the one little one of Priscilla and the late Elvis Presley — is survived by her mom and her three daughters. Along with Harper and Finley, Lisa Marie was the mother of Riley Keough, whom she shared with ex Danny Keough. Danny and Lisa Marie have been additionally mother and father to Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide in 2020 on the age of 27.
Through the Sunday memorial, Priscilla teared up whereas studying her grandchildren’s eulogy to their mom.
“The outdated soul — it is a poem — In 1968, she entered our world, born drained, fragile but robust. She was delicate, however was full of life,” the New York native learn throughout the service. “She at all times knew she wouldn’t be right here too lengthy, childhood passes by with a glimpse of her inexperienced eye she then grew a household of her personal. Then got here her second little one leaving her with suspicion, may this be the angel that takes me dwelling?”
She continued: “Time after all flew by, it was time for a tragedy. She knew it was near the tip, survivor’s guilt some would say, however a damaged coronary heart was a doing of her dying. Now, she is dwelling the place she at all times belonged, however my coronary heart is lacking her love. She knew that I cherished her, I concern I’ll by no means contact her, however the outdated soul is at all times with me. She doesn’t drift above.”
After concluding the twins’ notice, Priscilla remarked that their poem “says all of it.”
“Thanks all for being right here. Navarone [Garibaldi], her brother, thanks for being right here,” she concluded, referring to her son with ex Marco Garibaldi. “And the household, after all, and all of you. Our coronary heart is damaged. Lisa, all of us love you.”
