By Gina Vasquez
In this Thursday, July 20, 2017 photo, workers with Sullivan Enterprises out of Magee, Miss., set a chalk line to mark the correct spot for a row of seats being re-installed in the auditorium at Lawhon Elementary School in Tupelo, Miss. One of the first stages Elvis sang on has been refinished during the renovation of the auditorium at his elementary school in Tupelo, Miss., the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported Friday, July 21, 2017. Elvis Presley Birthplace employee Judy Schumpert says the rock 'n' roll king's time at Lawhon was instrumental in helping him pursue music as a boy. Schumpert says Presley's fifth-grade teacher, Oleta Grimes, entered him in his first talent competition. (Adam Robison/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — One of the first stages
Elvis Presley sang on has been refinished during the renovation of the auditorium at his elementary school in Mississippi.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported Friday the rock 'n' roll king was a student at
Lawhon Elementary School during the early 1940s. Recent renovations also included restoration of the auditorium's original hardwood floors and seats.
Tupelo public schools maintenance director Kirk Kitchens says an auditorium seat has been marked where a young Presley sat. Another seat is engraved, "Elvis was here."
Elvis Presley Birthplace employee Judy Schumpert says Presley's time at Lawhon was instrumental in helping him pursue music as a boy. Schumpert says Presley's fifth-grade teacher, Oleta Grimes, entered him in his first talent competition.
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Information from: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal,
http://djournal.com
