eulogist

[ yoo-luh-jist ]

/ ˈyu lə dʒɪst /

a person who eulogizes.

Origin of eulogist

First recorded in 1800–10; eulog(y) + -ist

“He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.

What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq |IranWire |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
One can almost hear a eulogist winding himself up to strike his eulogy that comes out sententious, pompous, and full of self.

The Journal of a Disappointed Man |Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion
Not even Lamartine, his eulogist, found much to say in favour of the story.

Balzac |Frederick Lawton
I have not spared his faults; I am no eulogist, to paint a man with undiscriminating praise.

Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 2 (of 3) |Theodore Parker

Here, as his eulogist has said, was "the scene of his real triumphs."

John Marshall and the Constitution |Edward S. Corwin
He took off his spectacles, as if the better to contemplate the face of his eulogist.

What Will He Do With It, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton