Tupelo, MS Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

On January 8, 1935, Elvis Presley and his twin brother Jesse were born in TUPELO , an industrial town in northeastern Mississippi. Jesse died at birth, while Elvis grew up to be a truck driver. Their parents, Gladys and Vernon Presley, who lived in poor, white East Tupelo, found it hard to make ends meet. Such was the financial strain of rearing the young Elvis that his sharecropper father was reduced to forgery in a desperate attempt to raise cash, and was jailed for three years. Their home was repossessed, and the family moved to Memphis in 1948. Tupelo CVB , 399 E Main St (tel 662/841-6521 or 1-800/533-0611, … more »