It’s June nineteenth, and on this day in 1959… Vernon Presley returned to Memphis from Germany to handle family business, including renewing the license plates on Elvis’s fleet of luxury cars. But it wasn’t the paperwork that drew attention—it was the mysterious woman on his arm. Dee Stanley, a stylish, blue-eyed blonde unfamiliar to the Memphis press and public, caused quite a stir. Rumors quickly spread, with many wondering whether she was connected to Elvis or Vernon. The truth would emerge later, but on this day, the city buzzed with speculation about the newest figure in the Presley orbit.
