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Elvis' mother Gladys Love Smith was born on April 25, 1912 Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Gladys' parents were Robert Lee Smith & Octavia Luvenia "Doll" Mansell. Octavia got her nickname "Doll" because she was a very beautiful & fragile woman. She gave birth to nine children. Was bedridden most of her life, dying at 59 from tuberculosis. Gladys' father Robert was a handsome man with black hair. Vernon and Gladys Wedding He was a cotton farmer & an occasional moonshiner. He would pick up odd jobs to support his large family. In his fifties, he died suddenly of pneumonia, leaving Gladys then 19 to work in Tupelo as a seamstress to help support the family. Gladys had black hair and dark eyes. As a youth she liked to play Basketball. She played the position of forward and was very good at it. She also loved music and dancing. Vernon was tall and fair haired. He, too, liked music and had a good singing voice. He also enjoyed working on cars. In Tupelo, Mississippi they met and fell in love. They eloped on June 17, 1933 and were married in Ponotoc County. Their son Elvis, destined for fame, and his stillborn twin Jessie were born January 8, 1935 in their small home in Tupelo.

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Gladis


Gladys Love Presley (nee Smith)
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She is called Gladys Presley and died in August 1958 when Elvis was 23 and she was 46.

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Gladys Love Presley (nee Smith).

She was born April 25, 1912 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, and died on August 14, 1958 in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Vernon and Gladys Presley were his parents

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GLADY LOVE PRESLEY

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Gladys Love Presly

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Gladys.

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