Little Jessie Garon Presley, the one who didn't make it.

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Jessie/Jesse Garon Presley was born at 4 a.m., 35 minutes older than Elvis, who was born at 4:35 a.m.  Jesse was stillborn.  Some say that Jesse was an identical twin, others say it was unknown whether he was an identical or fraternal twin.

There was only one birth record dedicated to Jesse specifically.


This record was from Dr. Hunt's personal record book of births.  This record was #919.

Place of birth/County:  Lee   {of Mississippi}

Election Precinct:  East Tupelo

Village/Town/or City of: 

Street and No.: 

Name:  Jesse Garion Presley

Sex:  Male

Is Child Legitimate:  Yes

Twin/Triplet or other:  Twin

No. in Order of Birth:  1

Father's Name:  V. E. Presley

Color:  White   Age:  18

Birthplace:  Itawamba Co., Miss.

Occupation:  Laborer

Mother's Maiden Name:  Gladys Smith

Color:  White    Age: 21

Birthplace:  Pontotoc Co,. Miss.

Occupation:  Housewife

Number of Child of this Mother:  1

Number of Children of this Mother Now Living:  0

Date of Birth:  1-8-1935  {January 8, 1935}  at 4:00 a.m.

Certificate Delivered to Registrar:  

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There is more than one birth record for Elvis, and there is mentioned in the boxes about another child born (but deceased).  If you wish to see those, go to:

https://elvispresley-1935.blogspot.com/2022/07/elvis-presleys-birth.html  

It is said online that Elvis at times suffered from the surviving twin syndrome, particularly when he was young.

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There is a memorial stone for Jesse at Graceland.  Somebody has added little momentos.

                                    In Memory of Jessie Garon Presley -- January 8, 1935

 

Here's another memorial stone in Priceville Memorial Gardens where he is supposedly buried (unmarked) in the close vicinity of this stone:

                                                  Jesse Garon Presley - Jan 8 1935 - Infant

Priceville Memorial Gardens is in Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi. There are a few videos out about the Priceville cemetery where Jesse Garon was buried, also with other Presley relatives.


Here's a video (from Nov. 2016) about Tupelo and Jesse's burial area.  The grave information starts at about 2 minutes in.  This video shows the area of believed spot for Jesse's burial, with a simple vertical column.

 


 
This particular video (Sept. 2021) shows a memorial placard for Jesse, the same placard as shown above with the red flowers and a hint of purple flowers. (Two images up).
 
 
 HOWEVER,...
A video by the Spa Guy in Jan. 2019 does not show that memorial placard for Jesse in the Priceville cemetery yet.  In fact, he shows a red book that was published with cemetery records, that infer that where it is believed that Jesse was buried, was instead Virginia Presley Shoefner, August 5, 1975, aged 32.    A family tree at ancestry.com has a Valerie Virginia Presley b. 10 March 1943, died 5 Aug. 1975, spouse Johnnie Shoffner.  This Valerie was a granddaughter of Noah E. Presley and Susan Griffin Presley, through their son Goble T. and his wife Flora. 



That must mean that the Jesse memorial placard was installed by someone, sometime between 2019 and 2021.  So, we don't know where Jesse was buried.  At least he is memorialized on stone and on paper and digital record.