For the book, the author spoke with several people who know the music icon personally, including some extraordinary people who go into Elvis’ world.
One of them was one of the King’s cousins and named Larry Presley, Elvis’s older cousin Noah Presley.
Now before the big move to Memphis, Noah lived in Tupelo, Mississippi with lots of extended family members and even became mayor of East Tupelo in 1936, a year after Elvis was born.
Sally told us, “Noah owned a small grocery store and provided free food to Gladys and Elvis while Vernon was in prison and continued to treat Elvis with that kind of kindness.”
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