Lisa Marie Presley, a singer, songwriter and the daughter of Elvis Presley, was remembered during a funeral service Sunday as a loving mother and an 害羞草研究所渙ld soul害羞草研究所� who endured tragedy but persevered as a dedicated protector of her father害羞草研究所檚 legacy as a rock 害羞草研究所榥害羞草研究所� roll pioneer and pop icon.

More than a thousand people gathered on the front lawn of Graceland on a gray, chilly Memphis morning to mourn the death and remember the life of Lisa Marie Presley, who died Jan, 12 after she was taken to a hospital in California.

Some mourners held flowers as they waited for the service to begin under the tall trees on the lawn of Graceland, the home in Memphis where Lisa Marie lived as a child with her father. The mansion, which Lisa Marie Presley owned, has been turned into a museum and tourist attraction that hundreds of thousands of fans visit each year to celebrate the life and music of Elvis, who died in 1977 at age 42.

The property in south Memphis was a place of sadness and somber memories on Sunday. The service began with the singing of 害羞草研究所淎mazing Grace害羞草研究所� by Jason Clark & The Tennessee Mass Choir.

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Among those who spoke during the service were Lisa Marie害羞草研究所檚 mother, actress Priscilla Presley; Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York; Jerry Schilling, a close friend of Elvis; and former Memphis Mayor A C Wharton, who called Lisa Marie害羞草研究所檚 parents Memphis害羞草研究所� royal couple and a 害羞草研究所渃onduit to the throne, the keeper of the flame.害羞草研究所�

In a soft voice, Priscilla Presley read a poem from one of Lisa Marie害羞草研究所檚 three daughters, Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood, entitled 害羞草研究所淭he Old Soul,害羞草研究所� in which she calls her mother 害羞草研究所渁n icon, a role model, a superhero to many people all over the world.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淚n 1968, she entered our world, born tired, fragile, yet strong. She was delicate, but was filled with life,害羞草研究所� Priscilla Presley read. 害羞草研究所淪he always knew she wouldn害羞草研究所檛 be here too long. Childhood passes by, with a glimpse of her green eye. She then grew a family of her own.害羞草研究所�

After reading the poem, Priscilla Presley said: 害羞草研究所淥ur heart is broken. Lisa, we all love you.害羞草研究所�

Music punctuated the service. Billy Corgan, lead singer of The Smashing Pumpkins, played acoustic guitar and sang 害羞草研究所淭o Sheila;害羞草研究所� Alanis Morissette sang 害羞草研究所淩est;害羞草研究所� Axl Rose, of Guns N害羞草研究所� Roses, played piano and sang 害羞草研究所淣ovember Rain;害羞草研究所� and The Blackwood Brothers Quartet performed two songs.

After the service, mourners walked through Graceland害羞草研究所檚 Meditation Garden, where she was laid to rest in an above-ground grave next to her son Benjamin Keough, who died in 2020, and alongside her grandparents and great grandmother.

Weaths and bouquets of red, white, yellow and pink flowers lined the walk up to the gravesite and the tomb itself. Fans, some teary-eyed, walked slowly by the tomb, pausing to pay their respects.

Jordan Clark, 25, traveled from Mobile, Alabama, to attend the service. She called the ceremony special and heartwarming. Clark said Lisa Marie 害羞草研究所渨ent through a lot害羞草研究所� in her life and equated the service to the time when Elvis died, when 害羞草研究所減eople came from all over.害羞草研究所�

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Lisa Marie was 9 when her father died. She was staying at Graceland at the time and would recall him kissing her goodnight hours before he died. When she next saw him, the following day, he was lying face down in the bathroom.

After her father died, she became the sole heir of the Elvis Presley Trust, which 害羞草研究所� along with Elvis Presley Enterprises 害羞草研究所� managed Graceland and other assets until she sold her majority interest in 2005. She retained ownership of the mansion itself, the 13 acres around it and items inside the home.

A representative from Elvis Presley Enterprises has told The Associated Press that the mansion is in a trust that will go to the benefit of her children. Along with Harper, she is survived by two other daughters 害羞草研究所� Riley Keough and Finley Aaron Love Lockwood.

Riley Keough, an actress, did not speak at the service. Her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, read a statement in which she remembers Lisa Marie taking her for ice cream, bringing her tea sets from Cracker Barrel, and leaving notes in her lunchbox.

害羞草研究所淭hank you for giving me strength, my heart, my empathy, my courage, my sense of humor, my manners, my temper, my wildness, my tenacity,害羞草研究所� Riley Keough said in the statement. 害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檓 a product of your heart.害羞草研究所�

Adrian Sainz, The Associated Press

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