Essays Tagged: "gladys presley"

The life of Elvis Presley

Garon, whose name was created to rhyme with his brother's, was still born. Vernon Elvis and Gladys Presley were typical Mississippians of their generation. Vernon was a truck driver for a dair ... Mississippians of their generation. Vernon was a truck driver for a dairy and a wholesale grocery. Gladys worked as a sewing machine operator at the Tupelo Garment Factory. The Presley family was the ...

(7 pages) 55 0 4.6 Mar/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Elvis Presly

., along with a twin brother known as Jesse Garon, who was stillborn. On that happy, yet sad night, Gladys Presley said, "Elvis will always miss his twin. He'll be like the missing piece in a jigsaw p ...

(4 pages) 1568 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Elvis Presley

for a little over $100,000" [which] "He intended it to be a gift to his parents" ; "But his mother, Gladys Presley, died in 1958 of cirrhosis of the liver" (12). Elvis had a hard time dealing with the ...

(4 pages) 16 0 4.3 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Elvis Aron Presley

on the planet, Elvis Presley was born into a world of poverty and obscurity. His parents Vernon and Gladys Presley, both coming from extremely poor farming families, married in 1933.At this time Verno ... milies, married in 1933.At this time Vernon was seventeen, but lied and said he was twenty-two, and Gladys knocked two years of her age claiming she was only nineteen. After they married they moved in ...

(10 pages) 13 0 4.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Elvis Presley

on the planet, Elvis Presley was born into a world of poverty and obscurity. His parents Vernon and Gladys Presley, both coming from extremely poor farming families, married in 1933.At this time Verno ... milies, married in 1933.At this time Vernon was seventeen, but lied and said he was twenty-two, and Gladys knocked two years of her age claiming she was only nineteen. After they married they moved in ...

(10 pages) 18 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists