Gladys and Vernon Presley lived in a two-room house in Tupelo, Misissippi. It was in this house, on January 8, 1935, that Elvis was born. His twin brother, Jesse Garon, died at birth. Elvis’s mom couldn’t have any more children, so she was very protective...
“I would have wanted so much to have a family of my own,” Elvis Presley said. “A wife, kids—so my mother could have been a grandma.”
He spoke the words unconsciously—as though his mother’s death, just three years ago August 14th, had somehow lessened his chances...