Graceland's memorial service for Lisa Marie Presley

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Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley's sole daughter, was laid to rest Sunday morning in front of Graceland's famed estate in Memphis, Tennessee.

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A C Wharton, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, Jerry Schilling, and Joel Weinshanker, managing partner of Elvis Presley Enterprises, spoke at Lisa Marie's funeral.

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Jason Clark and The Tennessee Mass Choir, as well as Axl Rose, Alanis Morissette and Alanis Morissette, performed.

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Elvis Schilling, who was an aide, producer, and manager of Lisa Marie, told stories about him and "a girl named Memphis," the name he called her.

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Schilling said Elvis asked him to stay until Lisa Marie's birth in February 1968 at Graceland during Christmas and New Year's Day 1967.

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During the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10, Schilling accompanied Lisa Marie Presley on the red carpet. “Last thing she said to me was, ‘Jerry Schilling, I love you,’” Schilling said. 

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“As I was in the hospital with her father when Priscilla was giving birth, I was at the hospital with her mother when she left us,” Schilling said. “Memphis, I will always love you.”

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