Gladys Love Smith and Vernon Elvis Presley met in church and eloped when she was 21 and he was 17. They were married on June 17, 1933.

Music was, of course, an important part of Elvis Presley's funeral. His favorite hymn was performed by people he'd loved and worked with.

Gladys Love Smith and Vernon Elvis Presley met in church and eloped when she was 21 and he was 17. They were married on June 17, 1933.

Elvis Presley ‘s close friend Lamar Fike reveals that the King of Rock and Roll’s intense relationship with his mother, Gladys Presley, dominated not only their lives but their deaths, too.

Who was Gladys Presley? Elvis' mother was born Gladys Love Smith on April 25, 1912. She was the daughter of a cotton farmer, and in the 1930s she met her future husband Vernon Presley at church.

Love, Gladys 93, of Waukegan, passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at Clare Bridge of Kenosha. She was born March 31, 1921 in Waukegan. She is survived by her four loving children, Char (Dan… ...

Lisa Marie Presley was just nine-years-old when her beloved father died - and now they have been laid to rest together. Elvis Presley died in August 1977 at the age of 42, while his only daughter ...

Lisa Marie, whose own memorial was this weekend, asked the funeral director if she could give her 'daddy' something special when he was laid to rest Lisa Marie Presley was just nine-years-old when ...

Who was Gladys Presley? Elvis' mother was born Gladys Love Smith on April 25, 1912. She was the daughter of a cotton farmer, and in the 1930s she met her future husband Vernon Presley at church.

Just two days after the unexpected death of Elvis Presley, mourners lined the streets for his extravagant funeral. The King was just 42-years-old when he was found dead at his home on August 16 ...