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05:27 - 14 August, 2006 Not much is known about her early life. On June 17, 1933 she married Vernon Elvis Presley. On January 8, 1935 she gave birth to Elvis Presley and Jesse Garon Presley, who died at birth. Elvis had a close relationship with her. Elvis bought his mother a house in Memphis at 1034 Audubon. He lived there briefly before he moved to Graceland. In 1958, after Elvis was drafted and sent to Fort Hood in Texas, Gladys and Vernon moved to the nearest town to the base, Killeen. While in Texas, Gladys became increasingly ill and died. Elvis and Vernon were saddened by her death. Her favorite gospel group, The Blackwood Brothers, sang at her funeral. She was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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