Lisa Marie Presley‘s youngsters have been at all times on her thoughts.

In any case, the singer, who died at age 54 on Jan. 12 after a attainable cardiac arrest, as soon as described herself as “ferociously protecting” of her kids: daughter Riley Keough, son Benjamin Keough and twin women Finley and Harper Lockwood. “I simply smother them in love,” she instructed Wholesome Residing again in 2014. “They’re my precedence. That is what I do. That is what I care most about. I maintain them near me and ensure they’re comfortable and wholesome.”

Describing her youngsters as “very, very shut,” Lisa Marie defined on the time, “All of us sort of maintain one another up; we’re all one another’s greatest buddies. I am theirs however I’m additionally their mom. That is sort of that.”

Lisa shared Riley and Benjamin with her first husband, musician Danny Keough, and Harper and Finley together with her fourth husband, guitarist Michael Lockwood.

As an indication that household is endlessly, the “Soiled Laundry” artist can be laid to relaxation at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., alongside her late father Elvis Presley and son Benjamin, who died by suicide in 2020 at age 27. To honor the late star, her household has additionally scheduled public memorial to be held on the enduring property’s entrance garden on Jan. 22 at 9 a.m. native time.