Lisa Marie Presley’s resting place has been unveiled at Graceland a day ahead of her funeral as her family prepares to lay her to rest next to her son and her famous father.
Presley’s body will be on display to the public during her Sunday celebration of life at the family’s Graceland estate in Memphis.
The singer and mother-of-four died last week after suffering from cardiac arrest twice, leaving behind her three daughters Riley, 33, and twins Finley and Harper, 14.
Presley will be buried next to her son Benjamin, who took his own life in 2020, and across from her father’s Elvis’ plot around the backyard fountain.
Lisa Marie Presley’s resting place has been unveiled at Graceland a day ahead of her funeral as her family prepares to lay her to rest next to her son and her famous father
Her gray marble sarcophagus is sitting next to her burial spot and is the exact same as her son’s
Her gray marble sarcophagus is sitting next to her burial spot and is the exact same as her son’s. Photos of the pair together have been placed in front of their monuments.
Benjamin’s resting place had to be moved slightly to accommodate his mother’s.
The plaque that will cover the gravesite is currently covered with a tarp for protection.
The family is reportedly hosting a private ceremony ahead of the public one at 9am tomorrow.
A stage has been constructed for the public service on the front lawn with a podium. Hundreds of seats have been set out around it and screens have been put up around the burial site.
Yesterday, her daughter Riley posted a touching tribute post on Instagram for her mother – the first time she’s acknowledged her death.
She posted a photo of her mother looking adoringly down at her as a small child while she gazed back with a soft smile on her face.
Presley’s oldest child simply captioned the heartbreaking post with a red heart.
Presley grew up fearing her own mortality after she found her father dead at the age of nine, traumatizing her. She often spoke of her own death and even referred to the backyard at the Graceland estate as a ‘graveyard.’
She will be laid to rest next to Benjamin, who took his own life in 2020
Photos of the two of them together have been laid by their resting places
The pair’s plots are across from her famous father Elvis
Flowers have been set up on the property, including a LMP heart
‘How many people have a family grave in the backyard? How many people are reminded of their fate, of their mortality, every f**king day? All the graves are lined up and there’s a spot there, waiting for me, right next to my grandmother,’ she told Playboy in 2003.
Despite her fear, the singer believed she had many more years to live last Sunday and told her friend David Kessler, who works as a grief counselor, that she had ‘so much to do.’
The pair were at the Graceland estate to celebrate what would have been Elvis’ 88th birthday and Presley, who rarely made public appearances since her son’s death, told the adoring crowd ‘you are the only people who can bring me out of the house.’
The family is expected to host a private ceremony before the public one at 9am on Sunday
The singer died last week after suffering from cardiac arrest twice
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Coroner deferred the results of her official cause of death pending the results of a toxicology test – which could take years
‘I’m not kidding. I love you back and that’s why I’m here,’ she said.
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Coroner deferred the results of her official cause of death pending the results of a toxicology test – which could take years.
Several of the Presleys also died from heart conditions, including her own father, who died in 1977 at the age of 42 from cardiac arrhythmia with ventricular fibrillation – a condition where the heart beats abnormally and then stops.
Her grandmother, Gladys Love Presley, died at the age of 46 from heart failure, and her grandfather, Vernon Elvis Presley, died at 63 from cardiac arrest.
A stage has been constructed for the public service on the lawn with a podium. Hundreds of seats have been set out around it and screens have been put up around the burial site
