Gladys Love Presley died on August 14, 1958, not long before Elvis was due to be shipped to Germany.
All though the summer Gladys has been feeling ill.
As her condition worsened Elvis insisted that she do something about it, putting his parents on a train to memphis so that Gladys can see her personal physician, Dr. Charles Clarke.
August 9, responding to an 11.30am emergency call, an ambulance transported Mrs. Presley from Graceland to Methodist Hospital, where her condition was listed as grave.
August 12, after more effort than it would take for any ordinary soldier, including calls from Gladys' Doctor to military personnel in Washington and Elvis' desperate threat to go AWAOL, Elvis was finally granted emergency leave, flying from Fort Worth, Texas to Memphis, Tennessee and going straight to the hospital to visit his mother.
August 13, Vernon remained at his wife's side throughout the night, while Elvis, after spending the evening at home, returns in the morning and again in the afternoon, not leaving until close to midnight.
August 14, at approximately 3.15am, with her husband at her side Gladys Love Presley died at the age of 46.
Both Elvis and Vernon were inconsolable.
In the early afternoon with hundreds of fans at the gates, Gladys is brought home to Graceland.
Elvis wanted the funeral conducted at the house but Colonel Tom Parker convinced Elvis that security will not be able to be effectively maintained so the service is held at The Memphis Funeral Home.
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