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Gladys Love, "Lovie" Smith 1912 – 1958 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Apr 1912

Birth Location: Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi

Death Date: 14 Aug 1958

Death Location: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

Father: Robert Smith

Mother: Octavina Mansell

Spouse(s): Vernon Presley

Children(s): Jesse Presley, Elvis Presley

According to available records, Gladys Love "Lovie" Smith was born in 1912 in Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, the child of Robert Lee Smith and Octavina Lavinia "Dolly" Mansell. Following those early years, Gladys Love "Lovie" Smith married Vernon Elvis Presley, and their family grew to include Jesse Garon Presley and Elvis Aron Presley. In the later years of life, Gladys Love "Lovie" Smith died in 1958 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.

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Parents

Robert Smith
Birth Location: –
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Octavina Mansell
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Vernon Presley
1916 – 1979
Birth Location: Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi
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Children(s)

Jesse Presley
1935 – 1935
Birth Location: Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi
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Elvis Presley
1935 – 1977
Birth Location: Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 25 Apr 1912
    Event Place: Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Millennium File, Year: 1940; Census Place: Lee, Mississippi; Roll: T627_2042; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 41-20

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 Aug 1958
    Event Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1954
    Event Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S. City Directories

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Lee, Mississippi, United States
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Lee, Mississippi; Roll: T627_2042; Page: 21B; Enumeration District: 41-20
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