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His Catholic father, a former military man of 12 years, was working as a deliveryman for catalogs when Parker was born. He died at the age of 59 when Parker was 16. After his father's death, Parker moved to the port city of Rotterdam and lived with an aunt and uncle. His uncle was a skipper by profession who sailed from Breda to Rotterdam. [4]
John Parker was born in Lexington, Massachusetts Bay to Josiah Parker and Anna Stone. He was a descendant of Deacon Thomas Parker , founder of Reading, Massachusetts . [ 1 ] John Parker was also the grandfather of reformer and abolitionist Theodore Parker . [ 2 ]
Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's manager, was well aware of his client's draft status and how it could affect his career. [3] In the summer of 1956, Parker wrote to the Pentagon requesting that Presley be considered for Special Services , which would allow Presley to do only six weeks basic training and then resume life as normal, performing ...
“He fully believed the colonel’s story that Parker hailed from Huntington, West Virginia; Elvis died not knowing the truth," she says. "That didn’t come out in this country until 1981."
Nash, a veteran music journalist, published “The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley” to acclaim in 2010 and her book has just been reissued with a new ...
Alanna Nash’s 2010 biography on Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley has become a No. 1 bestseller on Amazon following Baz Luhrmann’s new “Elvis” biopic that premiered this past weekend.
Colonel Parker founded the Francis W. Parker School in 1901, with the support of benefactor Anita McCormick Blaine. Parker was born in Bedford, New Hampshire in Hillsborough County. He was educated in the public schools and began his career as a village teacher in New Hampshire at age 16.
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