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Many conversations with Elvis would result in his talking about spiritual matters and usually the Bible as that was his guide for living and he turned to it for solving personal problems as well. We spoke about being baptized and he told of having been ducked under water in a pond fed by a natural creek in Tupelo and that he had felt so "light" in body, as if he would float away and that he had chills just remembering that feeling. And that it wasn't because he was cold either, the water was warm and it was a real hot day, he said. He was about 12 and he wanted to be baptized so his momma let him since he was old enough to discern right from wrong according to the Bible. And that afterward, sometimes in church when somebody "spoke in tongues" praising God, he could transulate what was said- once he said there was a visiting preacher and he did it, but no one transulated so he stood up and did it. When he was done he got scared he said, because ever body was starin' at me. His mother told him it was the most Godly thing she ever heard- and she was so proud for her son to have that gift.
He didn't know what that gift was-but if he had it then he was real proud then, he said and laughed. He added that it just seemed like the thing to do since no one was going to so "I just did it". He used to go to a black church nearby because he loved the music and the pastor's delivery was "so special" and he'd sit in the back after everyone had come in-sometimes he was the only white boy there he said, and then later he took his girlfriend with him and they'd be the only white ones. She liked the music too, he said and one time she got up and sang a song with him because sometimes the pastor would ask him if he wanted to sing with them and he said, "Sure I did-and he knew I was about to bust from wanting to sing with them!" His girlfriend was Dixie at that time, I belive he said, and she could sing harmony with him "real well". He was around15 at the time... He said "if I hadn't graduated an started singing an' she'd been outta school, I'd of been married to her an' probably had 5 kids an' never would 've done records or nothin'.... I would've been workin' some job, watchin' football, lookin' sloppy 'n bein' lazy an' sittin' 'round drinkin' beer, smokin', talkin' jive 'n keepin' my wife knocked up...damn, my first hit saved me!" and he laughed. "Lawd, lawd...wouldn't be no body -don't know how that would of gone down... there'd been some body else doin' this sh.. 'n not this boy! Maybe 6 kids might of made it better...Gawd, glad that didn't happen! I'd missed all this excitement an' that'd been a real shame! Naw... not this boy-I was born to rock! 'course, if the beds a big 'un rollin' ain't bad either."
And of course he laughed that snickering giggle.

God! he's really funny.. I can't imagine the other Elvis he described,noo !!! I can actually.. and that's what I'm laughing too hard ..Thanks Wanda,even a smile is very important for me these days..well ,mabe that could have been a easier, less painful life but not for our prescious boy,not for Elvis..everything was pointing that he was unique and special since he was a kid..

Wanda, didn't Elvis share with you a dream (your recorded him telling you) about being an ordinary guy and mowing the lawn, etc?

He did, but I have to go back through the transcripts to find it because right now I can't remember much of it.
unfortunately my head is too full. There is some problem with the book that is holding up the "press" and I am waiting on Sean to tell me what he's doing about it. He had an emergency with his little daughter and was off work for 3 days-he thought it was ready to go and was not there when the thing stopped and the new guy has no clue about what Sean did or didn't do. Anyway, by monday maybe things will be okay again. I can't do anything until I hear from Sean as it could be all wrong!
and really slow things down. I have not been in the "real world" long and according to Starla, that's how it is out there-when you have to depend on other people for help and to get things done....so just relax and wait it out she says...it will all come together in time. So hurry up and wait! Anyway, while I'm waiting...will look for that and a few other things. wjh

Yes he did. He had some insights into things regarding the colors of the horses and riders that come bringing bad things to earth etc; and he had picked a possible date 1993 but he made certain to say it was not exact because no one knew the time or date of Jesus's return. It's all in the book-I put quite a bit of his thoughts in there and it's kind of a "religious" section but I thought he would want it there-to be known what he felt and thought and most importantly believed. So much was said about his being into "occult" stuff he would want people to know his true thoughts- he studied things, but that didn't mean he turned from God or the Bible's word.
And he wasn't a "nut case" either. I spoke with Sean at the book place and things are going well, it was just the new guy causing problems because he didn't know what was going on and based his findings on old information.
Anyway...it will be back on track tomorrow or the next day-this week for sure Sean thought. Everything is under control. I hope so. I am about to chew off my finger nails... and it took years to break that habit. I think it's funny not ha-ha funny but unique maybe? that Lisa chews her nails off just like daddy did-the only time he had any nails was when he was first married and then when he had Linda with him. She left and off went the nails again! He needed a helpmate to keep him calmmed down and let him blow off steam I guess. When he didn't have any one close to talk to and be with him, keep him entertained etc: he worried I guess...too much alone time. He hated to be alone-not that he wanted someone hanging on him 24-7 but just to know they were there, should he need to talk-whatever-and he especially hated to try to go to sleep alone...maybe because he was a twin and as a child he and his parents slept in the same bed-the only one they had-and he didn't like sleeping by himself. He said, kind of jokingly,
I get ...scared..." And he hated to be in the dark-always had the tv on, sound down usually, and /or a night light.
Though he wanted the hotel windows foiled and they were-so he could sleep and think it was night time-and he didn't like looking down on the world so much-wjh

Wanda June,
Is it "We Remember, Elvis" that is being updated?

What about "Elvis - Face to Face"; anywhere we can get it?

BTW, did you know your book is being offered on eBay with a starting bid of $100. And several out-of-print dealers have it listed as high as $175.00 So it is available and people know it's a treasure.

I can't pay that much, so I'll wait for your new (signed, I hope) edition.

magic

Wow, it's just a zeroxed copy and not too well typed either-and it's selling for that! I combined the two and sold them as one book also-so maybe that's what's so high. Weren't very many of them either...I charged just what it cost to print and mail and didn't do it for money for sure. I must have lived at the printer machines! Anyway, I am now about 2/3 finished rewriting Elvis-face to face and have added lots of things to it-more of the interview that wasn't in Wr,E and more insights, comments from others, letters from people who spent time with him, things from Maia's work and just so much more that wasn't ever in any of them. So wait for it-2007 it will be coming out too. I want to make it a real good book, with as much as possible because that will just about do it for me. I also managed to get and own the copywrite on the fictionalized version of his life called Fairytale and since the man who worked on it is with Elvis now, I am going to rewrite it, take out a lot of crap and make it more realistic but still keep it fictionalized and from the man's point of view. There is lots of truth in that book if you can get around the filler stuff... Sean Shaver sold that book and I distrubuted it some but Sean was the main distributor for it. It's worth alot of money too, very very rare I understand. I had 4 copies that I bought and I gave them to fan clubs so they could auction them off for chairity stuff and the'd get 300 and more for them! It
was amazing! I also gave some of my self published books for the same purpose. So yeah, there are some around. Not many thought. I have only one myself! I have the huge raw manuscript of Fairytale-it will be a chore going through it because it's such a big book! I think it will be worth it, cleaning it up and so on, I always thought there could be a movie in it somewhere-minus the dribble and filler stuff. We shall see- So 69 huh, you sound younger on computer! hang in there, Elvis needs you too, wjh

For me FAIRYTALE was very diffcult to read...by that I mean painful! It is a well written book and shows the "rats" for what they were. It is a 1,000 hanky affair to sit down with Fairytale! So when you start it (and it is THICK) plan to read only when you have time to fall apart! That said, I am glad that I read it, but don't think I could do it again.

Well, before I got into redoing WR,E I started to try to see what I could change and omit in that book-in the first 8 chapters I cut about 40 pages out-and it wasn't too difficult. So one of these days, now I can look at it all with a cold eye so to speak and see no reason for some of the filler that's there. And I do know personally some of the things that were kind of "developed" for that book and can cut alot of it too. It could be a good book-so close to home and now, more can be truth too with certain people gone who had hands in the pie and the pocket book etc;. Hope I can do it. If not maybe pass it to someone who could some day before I'm out of here. wjh

I know you will do a great job on it, Wanda...as you did on the first one....but now,as you said, you have a "colder" eye. Time generally gives more persspective to things, epecially if they are close to us when they happen.

Elvis had so many gospel sing-a-longs, including hiring Voice just to have on hand for whenever he wanted to sing gospel, that this was his way of having church.

Elvis liked to watch gospel programs on television and his favorite was Rex Humbard's show. Even his mm guys have mentioned that he made them sit down and watch that one and he didn't want conversation during it either. I wrote to Rev. Humbard after Elvis' passing and asked him if he would give me permission to put the things he and his wife MaudeAmie said about meeting Elvis in Las Vegas. He immediately replied, giving me permission and wishing me well with the book. I had included in my letter a few pages from a couple of chapters and he was pleased with them...pleased that it was going to be a good book, not a tell all journal of Elvis' indescretions etc;. He said he had not met any one as honest, pure of heart and sweet of spirit as Elvis Presley and that he and MaudeAmie were proud to be included in our book. I don't think he gave anyone else permission to use their personal encounter with Elvis.
We felt so honored. wjh

I think you must be right about that Wanda because of the books I've read on Elvis, I've never come across Elvis' meeting with Rex & Maude Aime in detail. One book mentioned the meeting but just very briefly.

Rex Humbard was interviewed for the DVD "He Touched Me, the Gospel Music of Elvis Presley". He shared some of the meeting he had with Elvis. I got a good first impression of Rex. He has a kind & gentle spirit. Good DVD by the way. I'd recommend it.

We put their photo in our book also, they didn't know we were going to do that, but I thought it would be nice and I knew Elvis would like that also. He told me about being the "Bell sheep" a couple of times, and about meeting them and how much it meant to him that they would come see him when they were so busy. And he said when talking about how he would like to be buried, etc: including the white cars...white suit, blue shirt, etc: and he said then, he wanted them, if they were still able, to come and speak at the service. A private service-he didn't want a big "ta-do" out of it. It really was a big "ta-do" I can't believe how many people went to Memphis over those three days- it was just amazing to see. And the flowers...I think Floral shops everywhere had a big boon over that! We had to try three in So. California before we found one that would be able to make what we wanted to send-they had so many orders already they were having problems getting flowers-especially roses. We went together and had a spray of baby's breath with a dozen red roses in heart shape laying on a bed of greenery-not a big one-he didn't want us to do that but that we donate the money to some good cause-he'd already made that request weeks before...so we just did a small group thing. I know he knew he was dying...there were just too many things he talked of and joked about. It was like he was "preparing" people...and most likely he did with those around him, but they just didn't see it because he was right there-where as we just listened to him. They watched him, and I know he kept up a strong front for their sake-especially for his dad. He talked to his dad alot he said, trying to find a way to make him understand about life, living and dying and to reach him with the spiritual truths as Elvis called it, so that his father would have something to hold on to...and when he said that, he was talking of his dad being sick and maybe dying from heart failure. But I think he meant, when he was gone, his dad would have something to remember, to know that his son had given him faith and hope before he left him. Okay, that's it for me-I'm going to end up crying-again! Enough of that! wjh