IN MEMORY OF VERNON PRESLEY

 

Birth:  Apr. 10, 1916 Death:  Jun. 26, 1979 Father of Elvis Presley. He was born in Fulton, Mississippi, the oldest of 5 children. Vernon's parents were Jessie D. McClowell Presley and Minnie Mae Hood Presley. He liked music and had a good singing voice. He also enjoyed working on cars. He met Gladys Love Smith in Tupelo, Mississippi. They were married on June 17, 1933 in Ponotoc County, Mississippi. Vernon was often unemployed and worked as a milkman, carpenter, farm hand and truck driver. The family rented a house on the edge of Shakerag, an area of Tupelo. In 1948 the Presley's moved to Memphis, Tennessee. Gladys died in 1958 and Vernon remarried to Davada "Dee" Stanley, a nurse in Huntsville, Alabama, in June 1960. They later divorced. When Elvis died at Graceland on August 16, 1977, his will appointed Vernon, who had long handled Elvis' personal, non-career business affairs, as executor and trustee. Vernon died of heart failure. Family links:  Parents:   Jessie D. McClowell Presley (1896 - 1973)   Minnie Mae Presley (1890 - 1980)  Brother and Sisters:  Vester Presley (1914 - 1997)   Gladys Earline Presley Dowd (____ - 1985)   Delta Mae Biggs (1919 - 1993)   Nashval Lorene Presley Pritchett (1925 - 1994)  Spouse:   Gladys Love Smith Presley (1912 - 1958)  Children:     Elvis Aaron Presley (1935 - 1977)   Jessie Garon Presley (1935 - 1935)   Burial: Graceland Mansion Estates Memphis Shelby County Tennessee, USA

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Vernon and Dee

  

 

Vernon Presley was known to Elvis always as, "Daddy",  and Vernon often referred to Elvis to everyone as the boy.  Vernon took care of financial matters throughout Elvis' life. He was scared that they would lose the money and end up broke again. This is why he was so scared of the Memphis Mafia, because Elvis wanted to share his riches and give the Mafia gifts all the time. Cautious, Vernon believed the guys were hangers-on, but nonetheless, did form bonds with different members of the Mafia.
Vernon died of heart failure not long after his son's death in 1979.  Many people have remarked that Elvis was more of the father figure to Vernon than Vernon was to him. They shared an intimate relationship and one of trust
A lot of Elvis' wit and abilities came from his dad. The humor, the dry humor - That's Vernon Presley. Most people smile with their lips, but he laughed with his eyes. Elvis got an awful lot of that from him.

Elvis and Vernon At Graceland



Inside Vernon's Office

Sign On Vernon's Office Door

Gladys Love Smith, Vernon's first wife, died of a heart attack on August 14, 1958, and is buried beside her son. Two years after the death of Gladys, Vernon married Davada (Dee) Elliot Stanley. Elvis never attended the second wedding of his father, which shows that he probably did not approve of the it. In the end, Vernon's second marriage ended in a disastrous divorce in 1977 after three years of separation

Vernon And Elvis Mourn After Gladys' Death

  Elvis And Vernon On The Set Of Live A Little, Love A Little





Elvis Introducing His Daddy On His Last Tour

 

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