Vernon and Dee Presley. Vernon Presley was known to Elvis always as, "Daddy", and Vernon often referred to Elvis to everyone as the boy. 'There wasn't a person in the world that would say no to him. As a child, Stanley, along with his two brothers, Billy and David, became a part of the Presley family when his mother, Dee, married Elvis’ father, Vernon. His aunt Lilian recalled how he sobbed: 'She's all we lived for, she was always my best girl'.And as his mother lay in an open coffin, he rearranged her clothing and brushed her hair. Over the years they would become part of Elvis' entourage and go with him on tour. You can unsubscribe at any time.Family time: Elvis next to Dee, his father Vernon and her sonsHumble beginnings: The young Elvis with his parents Vernon and Gladys PresleyTormented: Some say Elvis was never truly happy again after his mother's death Now maybe we’re just trying to take a little something back.”When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Just six months later Gladys was dead. He carried around her nightgown, clutching it tightly even when he slept'.At Gladys's funeral he threw himself over her body in the coffin, and cried for her to come back to him. Vernon Presley and Davada "Dee" Stanley. And besides, we all gave our lives to Elvis. Family members said after her death 'He never seemed like Elvis again'.In the circumstances it's little surprise he didn't welcome Dee Stanley into his life.But he did invite her three sons, Billy, seven, David, four, and Rick, six, to live with him. The couple married on July 3rd 1960, but Elvis did not attend the wedding, it is a well known fact that Elvis had trouble accepting the marriage, he felt it was too soon after the death of Gladys - and to him his mother was irreplaceable. However, Jesse was a stillborn child. After her death, Vernon married Davada (Dee) Elliot Stanley in 1960, but the marriage was a disastrous affair and ended in a divorce in 1977. Determined to keep away from her, he withdrew behind this small group of trusted allies.As his three stepbrothers grew up, instead of going to college and forging their own careers, they toured with Elvis as bodyguards, aides and “TCBs”: the initials of Elvis’s motto “Taking Care of Business”.Dee resented her family’s total immersion in Elvis’s life and she said of the 1981 book, Elvis: We Love You Tender, which is credited to Dee and her sons: “It’s the story of a wife and mother, her sons and how it felt to have the major portion of our lives consumed by Elvis’s own life.“We want the world to see the human suffering beneath the glittery veneer.”In an interview she went further. When Elvis got home he rushed to the hospital and witnesses recall him closing the door where her body lay and wailing wildly. Vernon Presley was born on April 10, 1916 in Fulton, Mississippi, USA as Vernon Elvis Presley. They dated for 1 year after getting together in Dec 1958 and married on 3rd Jul 1960. He carried around her nightgown, clutching it tightly even when he slept.”At Gladys’s funeral he threw himself over her body in the coffin, and cried for her to come back to him.Family members said after her death “He never seemed like Elvis again.”In the circumstances it’s little surprise he didn’t welcome Dee Stanley into his life.But he did invite her three sons, Billy, seven, David, four, and Rick, six, to live with him. Highly recommended. He is ultimately what caused the deterioration of my marriage. He was married to Davada "Dee" Stanley and Gladys Presley.He died on June 26, 1979 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. At this time Presley began gathering more closely around him his friends, employees, and hangers on that would become known as the Memphis Mafia and would accompany him almost constantly until his death. Vernon and Dee divorced at the end of 1974.The 'parade' footage is good to see as it puts you in the right context with color and b&w footage. The afternoon show footage is wonderful and electrifying : Here is Elvis in his prime rocking and rolling in front of 11.000 people. She left her husband in 1959 and who was stationed in Germany, and went back to the States. In an interview she went further. She was accused of exploiting the star's name after his tragic death for her own personal gain.