Elvis Pulled Over at the Roadside Stand Every Car Ignored — The Blind Old Man Knew Who He Was
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March 1967. A two-lane county road in north Mississippi, a few miles from the ranch Elvis Presley had just bought. Every car on that road was driving straight past a little roadside stand under a pecan tree, where a 71-year-old man had been sitting since sunrise without selling a thing.
Elvis pulled his pickup truck onto the shoulder, told his cousin Billy to wait, and stood in the grass watching the stand for four minutes. He saw a fallen sign, a box of beautiful handmade brooms nobody could see from the road, and a chair turned the wrong way.
Then he walked over and found out why. The broom maker was blind.
What followed was half an hour with a hammer, a gospel song on a transistor radio, an offer the old man turned down, and five words at the end of the afternoon that left Billy Smith staring at the dashboard.
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Elvis pulled his pickup truck onto the shoulder, told his cousin Billy to wait, and stood in the grass watching the stand for four minutes. He saw a fallen sign, a box of beautiful handmade brooms nobody could see from the road, and a chair turned the wrong way.
Then he walked over and found out why. The broom maker was blind.
What followed was half an hour with a hammer, a gospel song on a transistor radio, an offer the old man turned down, and five words at the end of the afternoon that left Billy Smith staring at the dashboard.
#ElvisPresley #CircleGRanch #Mississippi #1967 #HowGreatThouArt #BillySmith #ElvisKindness #TrueToHimself #RoadsideStand #MemphisMafia
@jaylinn1709
Thank you for sharing this story and people don't know how generous he was to complete strangers but God knows it
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@Linda-z3b2k
A Beautiful Story, thank you for sharing
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@glorybelieve9010
Silas Odem was a talented man who was blessed to be sitting where Elvis and his cousin happened to stop, and to witness that he might need help.
Elvis had planned to buy Silas’ brooms rather than lend him his eyes, and explain the problems that made him an outstanding daily living. He learned not only why he hadn’t been selling any brooms, but also was taught how to set up the stand each day, where to put the different sizes of brooms, the prices, and his chair, which kept people coming and buying his brooms.
It not only made him a great teacher, but he also made a wonderful friend of Elvis who made him feel like Silas didn't want to use him just for his money, but for his intelligence and kindness.
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@donnabrassard2
Elvis helped many people!!’
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@lorrainetreves8364
Elvis did the right thing. As they say.... you can't take it with you! He helped where he could. Christian Values. God Bless Him
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@aidankelly840
Elvis Presley was so humble
And his parents
Be so proud of him
Robin Hood.
He never be forgotten RIP
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@keithcostello-j9w
How lovely these stories are of the lovely person Elvis was❤❤❤
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@jamesgziegler4133
A wonderful uplifting story! Thanks!
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@ErnestLesa-c9m
Watching from Zambia 🇿🇲. Been a fan since 1960s.
@PagalanstarPagalanstar
❤🎉 Thank you Elvis Presley.
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@yvetteriley2279
I Love that E stopped and took the time to help out. I have spent a lifetime doing what others call me strange for doing.
@christophersivley5289
My Moma was my best friend & she passed in 1989 & I have missed her every time I see her face in a picture frame!
My Daughter favors her & it brings a smile to my face when she laughs but it still brings a bit of sadness!
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@lisaayers1975
Thank you for the story ♥️✌️👍😇
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@JeffThompson-x8r
big fan here in edmond oklahoma just watching some great memories god bless whoever put this on thank you come back soon
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@JeffThompson-x8r
well you did it again you made me cry ohh my goodness i don't know why i turned this on but i love you come back soon
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@LarryElevier
Excellent story
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@tangie777uk
That was wonerful. Thank you
@florabynum9090
Watching from Tennessee
@totokamoto9014
I LOVE this one☝️👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉❤
@yabebezabeh7419
From beautiful Ethiopia, East Africa!