Officials gathered Friday morning to unveil a new marker on the Elvis’ Tupelo Driving Tour, which gives fans of the King of Rock and Roll a chance to explore different places that played a pivotal role in Presley’s upbringing.

The marker is located at Relics Antique Marketplace, where Presley’s mother was employed as a seamstress during the Tupelo Garment Factory’s heyday. When working there, Gladys Love Smith married Vernon Presley and became pregnant with twins. While one of the twins, Jesse Garon, was stillborn on January 8, 1935, the other, Elvis Aaron, went on to become one of the greatest entertainers to have ever lived.

Roy Turner, executive director of the Elvis Presley Museum and Birthplace in Tupelo, explained that the factory is where Gladys came into her own and eventually us

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