In 1974, a chance meeting in a Memphis parking lot led to one of the quieter, more personal chapters of Elvis Presley’s final years.
Magnolia “Maggie” Smith was a college student majoring in biology. She had lost her father a few years earlier, she and her mother were struggling financially, and she had no reliable way to get to and from classes.
Elvis struck up a conversation with her, learned the situation, and offered her a job at Graceland. His main condition was that school come first. He wanted her focused on her studies and her grades.
He followed through on that in practical ways. He bought her a car so she could get to campus. He covered her tuition. He arranged regular pay and gave her a quiet place at Graceland where she could study without interruption.
Her official title from 1974 to 1977 was Executive Assistant.
The role was not limited to household work; she helped with whatever was needed around the house, spent time with Lisa Marie, answered phones, and traveled with the family on both Memphis and West Coast trips. A large staff kept Elvis’s life running, and she was part of that team in his last three years.
Maggie later described Elvis as a father figure. He would call to check on her grades and ask for full reports on her classes. He cried with her, prayed with her, and read to her.
One book he returned to was The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, which he gave her. She recalled his humor as well as those more emotional moments, and she spoke of feeling closer to him than many people realized.
Accounts of the relationship appear in later writings that quote Maggie directly and in the wider oral history of Graceland staff.
Elvis’s well-known pattern of generosity toward people around him—cars, support for education, personal attention—makes the outline of the story consistent with how he treated others in his circle, even if the full details remain less documented than his public career.
Maggie’s role, as she and others described it, was both practical and personal: a job that prioritized her education while placing her inside the daily life of Graceland and the Presley family.🌹
@BarryHiatt1967@CourtneyLarsen1@JoJoFromJerz I actually dont live in a blue state. And you completely ignored what I said about Trump on video. While yes, it is also corporate greed, its mainly Trump.
It annoys me how romantized Columbus is. I may not have much native American in me, but I have enough that im pissed. Like he never even stepped foot on NA it was South America. And what he did to the native Americans man.....
And NO im not woke. Im just proud of my heritage 🥰
@BarryHiatt1967@CourtneyLarsen1@JoJoFromJerz Oh and regarding the checks - he's saying he will send everyone $5,000 checks if he wins the midterms. Its literally a campaign gimmick. He's buying votes. And yeah, I agree Iran needs to be gone, but we dont need to fight Israel's war.
@CourtneyLarsen1@BarryHiatt1967@JoJoFromJerz I agree. I used to be a Trump supporter, but after seeing what hes doing to our country? Im so glad that i woke up the gas prices are higher than they ever were under Biden. And fighting Israel's war for them. Oh and the fact that hes an Israeli plant. Unfortunately, dems are too
@Lakesidevill@JoJoFromJerz It actually is, its better for our circadian rhythm, it provides more daylight in the morning which people need, its also more aligned with nature. But most importantly, we tried permanent DST in 1974. It failed. Kids went to school in the pitch black. There were more accidents.
Sinatra made strides towards advancing racial equality in a segregated Vegas, telling hotels and casinos that he’d walk if Black musicians were forced to stay in other hotels.
@NancySinatra Sorry Nancy, but you quite literally didn't. It was a CULTURAL SHIFT. It wasn't one person. And it certainly wasn't you. Sorry Nancy, but your only someone special because of your father.... hate to say it but you are. The fact that you think you created that trend is crazy 😂
One year ago, we tragically lost a fearless patriot. A champion for freedom and for our country.
Charlie Kirk changed the course of American history. His courage, conviction, and love of country will never be forgotten. ❤️
"Well done, good and faithful servant"
@Spotify I thought this was about the crooner, I was like "he died 14 years ago?" 😭 I got excited, thought you guys posted him for once. He's soo underrated, I was disappointed you guys didn't honor him when he reached 1b streams for Its The Most Wonderful Time of the Year last Christmas