Lisa Marie Presley was a grandmother; Riley Keough’s baby announced at memorial
Presley legacy FILE PHOTO: Riley Keough and Lisa Marie Presley attend ELLE's 24th Annual Women in Hollywood Celebration. Keough's husband read a letter during the funeral for Presley that revealed that the couple had welcomed a daughter. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for ELLE)
By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
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.
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.
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.
Lisa Marie Presley was 54 and and is survived by three children and her mother, Priscilla Presley, Fox News reported.
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: A view of the program at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley on January 22, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Flowers are placed outside of Graceland as fans gather to pay their respects at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Candles were placed outside of Graceland as fans gathered to pay their respects ahead of Sunday's public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley. ( Justin Ford/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Pastor Dwayne Hunt speaks at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Billy Corgan performs onstage at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Fans gather to pay their respects at the memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland in Memphis. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, speaks at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service" Singer Alanis Morissette performs onstage at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Former Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton speaks onstage at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Axl Rose performs at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: 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. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Fans gather to pay their respects at the memorial for Lisa Marie Presley on Sunday. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Fans left tributes and flowers outside Graceland at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley on Sunday. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: The Blackwood Brothers Quartet perform at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Ben Smith-Petersen reads a tribute by Riley Keough, Lisa Marie Presley's daughter, at the public memorial for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Fans visit the grave of Lisa Marie Presley after her memorial service at Graceland on Sunday in Memphis, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Fans left flowers and tributes to Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland at the public memorial on Sunday. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley memorial service: Fans paid tribute to Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland on Sunday. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley: Lisa Marie Presley and her parents, Elvis and Priscilla Presley, on Feb. 13, 1968. (Keystone/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley: Lisa Marie Presley with her parents in 1968. (Magma Agency/WireImage)
Lisa Marie Presley: Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley and Elvis Presley (Magma Agency/WireImage)
Lisa Marie Presley: Elvis Presley named his private plane after his daughter. (Mick Hutson/Redferns)
Lisa Marie Presley: Lisa Marie Presley and husband Michael Jackson in 1994. (Stephane Cardinale/Sygma via Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley: Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage. (L. Busacca/WireImage)
Lisa Marie Presley: Lisa Marie Presley performs during the NASCAR Busch Series Banquet in Orlando, Florida, in 2005. (Doug Benc/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley: Lisa Marie Presley performed during the 14th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference in Nashville in 2013. (Rick Diamond)
Lisa Marie Presley: Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lockwood attended the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Mad Max: Fury Road" at TCL Chinese Theatre in 2015. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Lisa Marie Presley: Lisa Marie Presley, left, Priscilla Presley, and Riley Keough attend the Handprint Ceremony honoring Three Generations of Presleys in June 2022. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)