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  • Apr 25, 1912
    Gladys Love Smith is born in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. She marries Vernon Presley, and becomes the mother of Elvis Presley
    Apr 10, 1916
    Vernon Presley is born in Fulton, Mississippi. He becomes the father of Elvis Presley
    Jun 17, 1933
    Vernon Presley marries Gladys Smith in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. The union produces the King of Rock & Roll, Elvis Presley, a future member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jan 8, 1935
    Elvis Presley is born at home in East Tupelo, Mississippi. Before emerging as the "King of Rock & Roll," Presley makes inroads in country, where he returns during his latter years. He is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998
    Jan 9, 1935
    Elvis Presley's stillborn twin brother, Jesse Presley, is buried in a cardboard box in Tupelo, Mississippi, a day after their birth
    Nov 16, 1937
    Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, and two other men are accused by their employer, Orville Bean, of forging a $4 check. Vernon pleads not guilty
    Nov 17, 1937
    Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, is found guilty of forging a check. He spends six months in jail before he's sentenced for the crime
    May 25, 1938
    Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, is sentenced to three years for forging a check the previous November. The next day, the victim, Orville Bean, kicks three-year-old Elvis and his mother out of their home
    Jun 1, 1938
    Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, begins serving a three-year sentence at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman
    Feb 6, 1939
    Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, is released from jail after serving eight months of a three-year sentence for forging a $4 check

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