London
(ANI):
Elvis
Presley
wrote
'I
love
ya
mama'
and
signed
his
name
on
a
Bible
he
possessed,
after
the
burial
of
his
mother
on
August
14th,
1958,
it
has
emerged.
The
King
inscribed
the
note
in
block
capitals
on
the
last
page
of
the
holy
book,
following
his
mother"s
funeral
ceremony
in
Forest
Hill
Cemetery
on
Highway
51.
He
wrote
in
large
blue
handwriting,
“I
love
ya
mama
–
Elvis
Presley
59." However,
David
Smith,
a
Baptist
minister,
who
now
owns
the
unique
edition
of
the
King
James
Version,
insists
Presley
may
have
never
read
the
Bible.
“It
was
evidently
important
to
Elvis,
he
had
a
Bible
in
every
room
in
his
house.
He
kept
one
at
his
bedside,"
the
Telegraph
quoted
him,
as
saying.
He
added:
“There"s
a
number
of
these
Bibles
around
and
I
happened
to
get
this
one
in
Las
Vegas,
Graceland
was
selling
memorabilia
in
an
auction.
It
was
a
considerable
sum
of
money.
I
had
seen
some
and
chased
some
but
never
acquired
one.
He
had
six
and
that"s
a
lot
for
the
average
family.
There"s
maybe
three
left
at
Graceland
and
two
others
that
I"ve
seen
for
sale."
“He
purchased
this
Bible
and
in
the
front
is
a
list
of
all
his
family
members
and
their
birthdays,
and
he"s
put
his
uncle"s
hardware
store
and
apparently
he
owed
his
uncle
some
money
and
he"s
put
a
reminder
to
pay
him.
This
is
1959
he
buys
this
Bible.
His
mother"s
died
not
long
since
and
he"s
written
this
sweet
'I
love
ya
mama"
in
there
and
where
she"s
buried.
It"s
a
sentimental
Bible
to
him."
He
continued:
“You
can
tell
when
a
Bible"s
been
read
and
this
Bible
has
never
been
read."
Smith
will
display
the
Bible
at
the
annual
International
Christian
Resources
Exhibition.