Jesse Garon Presley

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Jesse Garon Presley (born and died January 8, 1935) was the identical twin brother of the American singer Elvis Presley.

His parents were Vernon Elvis Presley (1916-1979) and Gladys Love Smith (1912-1958), and he was born in a two-room shack in East Tupelo, Mississippi. Noted Presley biographer Peter Guralnick wrote that he was still-born.

Jesse Garon Presley was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave in the Priceville Cemetery in East Tupelo. His parents could not pay the $10 doctor bill.

In 2006, musician Scott Walker released the song, "Jesse" on his album The Drift that uses Jesse and Elvis to comment on the September 11, 2001 attacks.[link]

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