Lisa Marie Presley’s son-in-law, Ben Smith-Peterson, told friends and family gathered at her memorial Sunday that the singer/songwriter had become a grandmother before her death.
Smith-Peterson read a letter Presley’s oldest daughter, Riley Keough, had written to her mother, called “A Letter to My Mama.”
Part of it read, “Thank you for showing me that love is the most important things in this life,” adding “I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me, the way you loved my brother and my sisters,” E! News reported.
Keough and Smith-Peterson got married in 2015 and a representative for Keough confirmed the couple welcomed a daughter but did not say when, E! News reported.
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Presley died on Jan. 12 after experiencing a reported cardiac arrest in her home. Her cause of death has been listed as deferred by the county coroner.
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She was buried Sunday at Graceland’s Meditation Garden next to her son, Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide in 2020 at 27, and her father, Elvis Presley, who died in 1977 due to heart failure, according to Graceland’s website. Her grandparents — Gladys and Vernon Presley — and great-grandmother — Minnie Mae Presley — are also buried on the property formerly owned by Elvis, which Lisa Marie Presley held at the time of her death, the “Today” show reported.
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Graceland will be inherited by Lisa Marie Presley’s daughters, Riley Keough and twins Harper and Finley Lockwood, “Today” reported.
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Lisa Marie Presley was 54 and and is survived by three children and her mother, Priscilla Presley, Fox News reported.
A view of the program at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley on January 22, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Flowers are placed outside of Graceland as fans gather to pay their respects at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley.
Candles were placed outside of Graceland as fans gathered to pay their respects ahead of Sunday’s public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley.
Pastor Dwayne Hunt speaks at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland.
Billy Corgan performs onstage at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland.
Fans gather to pay their respects at the memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland in Memphis.
Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, speaks at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland.
Singer Alanis Morissette performs onstage at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland.
Former Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton speaks onstage at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland.
Axl Rose performs at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland.
Jerry Schilling, a member of Elvis Presley’s "Memphis Mafia" during the 1960s and ’70s, speaks at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland.
Fans gather to pay their respects at the memorial for Lisa Marie Presley on Sunday.
Fans left tributes and flowers outside Graceland at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley on Sunday.
The Blackwood Brothers Quartet perform at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland.
Ben Smith-Petersen reads a tribute by Riley Keough, Lisa Marie Presley’s daughter, at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland.
Fans visit the grave of Lisa Marie Presley after her memorial service at Graceland on Sunday in Memphis, Tennessee.
Fans left flowers and tributes to Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland at the public memorial on Sunday.
Fans paid tribute to Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland on Sunday.
Lisa Marie Presley and her parents, Elvis and Priscilla Presley, on Feb. 13, 1968.
Lisa Marie Presley with her parents in 1968.
Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley and Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley named his private plane after his daughter.
Lisa Marie Presley and husband Michael Jackson in 1994.
Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage.
Lisa Marie Presley performs during the NASCAR Busch Series Banquet in Orlando, Florida, in 2005.
Lisa Marie Presley performed during the 14th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference in Nashville in 2013.
Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lockwood attended the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ "Mad Max: Fury Road" at TCL Chinese Theatre in 2015.
Lisa Marie Presley, left, Priscilla Presley, and Riley Keough attend the Handprint Ceremony honoring Three Generations of Presleys in June 2022.
