| As a child, Elvis Aaron Presley,was a real sharecroppers kid wearing his overalls,and a two toned shirt,and a hat which was worn in the same way as his dads,
At the age of six Elvis seems to of developed a few of his mothers delicate features, with his golden colored hair, wide-eyed and beautiful, but his curled lip is very much noticeable, giving the cherub an impish look, but also irresistible.
but his curled lip is very much noticeable, giving the cherub an impish look, but also irresistible
at the age of eight he is taller, slimmer and quite passive: every mothers ideal child, he is now dressed in the local style, with a long sleeved-shirt,
open at the neck, and raggedy trousers held up chest high with the support of braces: a mighty fine Huckleberry Fin.
As life goes on,he observes his parent's appalling poverty, they both start at dawn and work hard all day with very little time for pleasure.
His father kept changing jobs, and have to keep moving, it seems like there no end in sight. Elvis looks at his mothers face, feels the tension in her flesh,
its then Elvis turns to her promising one day he will mend thing's.
Elvis's nature was very sweet and consistently polite, quiet and considerate, as for rebellion it never existed in his personality.
Elvis may have been poor but respectable, standard at school; he would gather flowers with the other kids, fooled around, but seldom gets into trouble.
when Elvis was thirteen the Presley family was on the move again. leaving the harsh fields to the bright lights of Memphis.
at sixteen Elvis was no different to other kids of this age: following the girls, pairing up to go out to the movies, having rides at the carnival, and longing for the day he has a car t
Just before the end of Elvis's school year's, he starts part time work as an usher to help out with the hard times for his parent's, but had to quit after punching a fellow usher.
He then works evening shift at the Marl Metal Product's Company which became difficult while also tending school though the day but after falling to sleep at school he quits again.
Life doesn't seem to be improving for his parents as they continue to struggle through the tough times, Elvis starts mowing lawns for pocket money, and yet no matter how grim thing where for the Presley's, they would always do the best they could by their son.
They went as far as buying Elvis a Lincoln Coupe, which it seems, is for all the family, but Elvis uses it
Life remains unsteady, but in view of the conditions Elvis has good times going out to parties, hanging around jukeboxes, generally enjoying life. But he remains very thankful to his parents and returns all the love he receives.
After leaving school in June 1953 he gets a factory job, then goes to Crown Electricity Company, where he finally gets to be a truck driver and loves it. |