Lenoir man killed by cops had gun from Burke County Updated: 23 hours agoComments (0) LENOIR â Investigators have determined that a firearm used by a man who was shot by police was stolen from Burke County.
1941: Elvis starts school Elvis started elementary school at the East Tupelo Consolidated School on Lake Street. He was termed âsweet and averageâ by his teacher. His mother walked him the half mile to school each day. He got his first guitar lesson from Frank Smith, the new young pastor at the church they attended, and apparently Elvis took to these lessons more than he did those at school. A photograph taken in 1942 when he was seven shows Elvis and his parents looking straight into the camera, not posing or smiling, but rather looking with pride toward the photographer.
In early 1955, Elvis bought his first Cadillac, a 1954 Fleetwood Series 60, which was the color pink. The car provided transport for Elvis and the Blue Moon Boys, but after the failure of a brake lining, was destroyed in a roadside fire between Hope and Texarkana, Arkansas, on June 5, 1955.On July 5, 1955, Elvis purchased a new Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 in blue with a black roof.rs. Gladys Presley never had a driver's license, and Elvis drove the car with the members of his band for most of 1955â1956. On September 2, 1955, Scotty Moore drove the car into a vehicle which was passing a pick-up truck in Texarkana, Texas, causing $1000 of damage.