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Jun 17, 1949Seven months after moving his family to Memphis, Vernon Presley, father of Elvis Presley, files for admission to Lauderdale Courts, a public housing project. The family is accepted in SeptemberNov 17, 1952Elvis Presley's family receives an eviction notice from the Lauderdale Courts in Memphis. The family income is over $4,000, and the Housing Authority limits tenants to an annual income of $2,500Aug 3, 1955Elvis Presley's parents are expected to sign a deal in Little Rock making Colonel Tom Parker an advisor to their son, but Presley's mother, Gladys, delays the decisionMar 20, 1956Elvis Presley's parents, Vernon and Gladys, move into a new house that Elvis bought for them on Audubon Drive in Memphis. Purchase price: $29,500Sep 18, 1957Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, sends a letter to guitar player Scotty Moore and bass player Bill Black, accepting their resignationOct 4, 1958Elvis Presley's father and grandmother arrive in Germany, where Elvis is serving with the Army. Elvis has dinner with his dad in Bad HomburgDec 25, 1958Elvis Presley, serving with the Army in Germany, receives an electric guitar from his father for ChristmasMar 26, 1959Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, and secretary, Elisabeth Stefaniak, are injured in a car accident on Germany's autobahnJul 3, 1960Not quite two years since the death of his mother, Gladys, Elvis Presley's father marries Dee Stanley in Huntsville, Alabama. Elvis refuses to attend the weddingNov 12, 1970Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, fires Richard Davis from the entourage, informally dubbed the "Memphis Mafia"
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