Vernon Elvis Presley

How are you related to Vernon Elvis Presley?

Connect to the World Family Tree to find out

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

Vernon Elvis Presley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States
Death: June 26, 1979 (63)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
Place of Burial: Meditation Garden, Graceland Mansion Estates, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Jesse Dunning McClowell Presley and Minnie Mae Presley
Husband of Gladys Presley and Dee Stanley
Father of Jessie Garon Presley and Elvis Presley
Brother of Vester Lee Presley; Delta Mae Biggs; Gladys Erlene Dowling and Rev Nashval Lorene Pritchitt

Occupation: Share Cropper, Truck Driver
Managed by: Private User
Last Updated:

About Vernon Elvis Presley

http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/biography/elvis_presley_family_line...

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.

view all 12

Vernon Elvis Presley's Timeline

1916
April 10, 1916
Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States
1935
January 8, 1935
Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi, United States
January 8, 1935
Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi, United States
1940
April 1, 1940
Age 23
Age: 24Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head, Lee, Mississippi, United States
April 1, 1940
Age 23
Lee, Mississippi, United States
1940
Age 23
Beat 3, Beat 3, Lee, Mississippi, USA
1979
June 26, 1979
Age 63
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
June 28, 1979
Age 63
Meditation Garden, Graceland Mansion Estates, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States