Elvis’ shut household in opposition to Priscilla Presley’s want to be buried at Graceland

Jun 20, 2023 at 5:33 AM
Elvis’ shut household in opposition to Priscilla Presley’s want to be buried at Graceland

Earlier this 12 months, Lisa Marie Presley was buried in Graceland’s Meditation Garden subsequent to her son Benjamin Keough.

Nearby is the ultimate resting place of her father Elvis Presley, his mother and father and grandmother.

Following the dying of The King’s daughter, her mom Priscilla Presley had a authorized dispute over Lisa Marie’s belief with granddaughter Riley Keough.

Having settled in May, a part of the stipulations is for Lisa Marie’s daughter to permit her grandmother to be buried within the Mediation Garden.

According to ABC News, when the 78-year-old dies her grave is to be positioned “at the location closest to Elvis Presley without moving an existing grave site.”

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However, shut members of the family of Elvis who lived with him at Graceland are in opposition to Priscilla’s request.

The King’s cousin Billy Smith, who knew the star earlier than he was well-known and labored as a Memphis Mafia member for him proper up till his dying doesn’t assume it ought to go forward.

Speaking on his YouTube channel Elvis Fans Matter, he stated: “No, I don’t think so… I think it’s my business since I’m family.”

Speaking together with his spouse Jo, the couple stated: “Most people understand it. She is his ex-wife. She’s not his widow. He was not married to her when he passed away. Now if she had still been married to him when he passed away. I could see that different.”

Elvis was married to Priscilla from 1967-73 and had one youngster, Lisa Marie collectively.

In the previous couple of years of his life, The King – who died of a coronary heart assault at 42 in 1977 – had different main girlfriends and had moved on.