Mysteries of Burial: Funeral Director Bob Kendall Reveals Why No American Flag on Elvis's Casket?

Join The Spa Guy as he Does a Deep Dive on Elvis' Funeral Details as well as the Mausoleum being restored. Discover the answers to lingering questions about Elvis Presley's first interment at Forrest Hills Mausoleum. Featuring funeral director Bob Kendall, we explore the missing flag mystery and the true owner of the crypt. and more.
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[@carollangendorf8569]

I was on Elvis presley blvd.that day of the funeral.so sad,quiet people passing out .people crying..1977

[@thinblueswinebbq]

as a kid my mom and aunt took me to the cemetery and mausoleum to see Elvis. I like to think there wasn’t many people that went to visit Elvis at the cemetery. Then we were one of the first to tour Graceland when it was opened for tours. It’s nothing now like it was then. We watched a slide show in the racket ball room and looked at his cars which were still parked in the rear of Graceland. I stood beside the black Stutz and looked in at the Gold trim. My dad was a police body guard for Elvis when he performed the record number of concerts in Huntsville. My mom knows about everything Elvis and my dad rode elevators and walked with him and he told me just last week he could have gotten pictures easy but his job was to keep Elvis safe. He told me he asked Elvis how can he keep his pace of life going as he does…. Elvis simply told him that “ t’s a job just like yours, I just do my job and move on”. My dad still talks about how down to earth he was. Elvis told my dad that he would save my mom a scarf …. After the show he saw my dad and told him a fan pulled his last scarf off but would my mom be happy with a towel and an autograph. He wipes his face and head with a towel and gave it to my mom. She still has it and it has hair dye on it. He tried to sign a picture on the front but you could not see it, so he wrote a thing to my mom on the back and she still has it. My mom knows Ms Jacks who took you around Huntsville when you were here. Elvis was all I knew growing up. My mom and dad are both still alive and probably have stories I don’t know. I do remember when Elvis passed, my mom and aunt cried like it was their brother or a parent. That part I didn’t understand but I’ll never forget it.

[@SpaGuy]

That is a cool story!! I'd love to see the towel and get your Mom's story one day.. Spa Guy

[@marywhite4704]

I did not know Gladys was moved three times. Thank you for all the information you give us. God bless you spa guy.

[@bobwolf8210]

Why would you move the poor woman 3 times that is disgraceful

[@charlestehuia9263]

Thank you Mr Spa guy for all of your efforts and research and attention to accuracy and facts rather than guessing like some others do when it comes to Elvis Presley, because I love the man very much I greatly appreciate your work ❤ thank you

[@movingloz]

Wow. That is so so good that they’re fixing the place up. Thanks 🙏 yet again for documenting and sharing all the info.

[@deehickman6417]

Loved this video! I never fail to learn new things! What important pieces to the Elvis puzzle! Thank you Spa Guy! I enjoy your & Grey's adventures so much!

[@michelesosa-armour3791]

Hopefully you'll go back when its finished and the grass is green ❤

[@mishalleroza-ingram6394]

Yes, they've restored the Forest Hill Mausoleum!! How wonderful!! I remember going in there when I first saw it in 2020. I was the only person in there. I couldn't believe how some parts of it were in such disrepair. Parts of the ceiling/walls were bad. It's a pretty decent sized Mausoleum. I'm from Chicagoland and went on one of Spa Guy and Trey's tours during Elvis Week a couple of years ago. It was great!! I hope to see you again in the near future Billy and Trey.

[@cindyhewitt3358]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing this. ❤

[@angelaneilson4364]

Spa Guy, great video ! You definitely deliver true Elvis facts to us that we never have heard before, we enjoy and appreciate. Also ,hopefully some day we will be able to see the pice of cement that ones was in Elvis Tomb. As every Monday morning you make our day! Thank You! Arrivederci!

[@donnap.c.886]

Thank you for filming and allowing us to see exactly what you saw. It is very nice to get to see things thru your eyes that the rest of us would not be able to see!

[@sandratodd560]

Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@frankvattelana6728]

Awesome Content, You never disappoint Billy! Hope to catch up with you soon! Awesome Content as usual! - TCB - Frank

[@mcwhorter141mcwhorter8]

This was very informative

[@kellyconrad5449]

I love this, more pieces to the Elvis puzzle, another fantastic video, thanks again Spa Guy!

[@bonniebrown6960]

Very interesting. I would like to read this book. Thanks Spa Guy.

[@tiki2926]

Always the most in depth, completely informational videos that are well researched and greatly appreciated

[@elvispresley1631]

Thanks to the employees who took part in these necessary works 🤝🤝🤝Billy filmed the renovation in January 2023. Probably, the mausoleum is now fully restored and functioning. Thank you Billy - for an interesting, exclusive issue

[@davidgibbs7232]

This is absolutely incredible and a little sad.Thank you so much for this.👑👑

[@JackWilliams-lv9bj]

Been a subscriber for a while & from one Elves s fan to another….this video was awesome! Loved in Memphis for 5 years & the people I met that knew &/or had a story about him was amazing. Met 2 of the Memphis Mafia in 1997. Great times!! Keep the vids coming!

[@JohnBull14]

I never knew about Elvis mother being moved, thank you guys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@nancydusheke5722]

Thank You Spa Guy & Trey Miller Enjoyed This and Seeing That It Is Getting Fixed Up . They Are Doing A Amazing Job. You Are So Nice To Bring This To All Of Us. Thank You So Very Much. 🤗❤️🤗

[@eoinleonard6282]

Another banger. Grateful for your work as always. Interesting information every time

[@towman2620]

The true Elvis historian who keeps us updated

[@lorrainewilding9017]

Wow 😮thanks for that spa guy very interesting 🤔 x

[@MM-ri4mj]

That's really cool you got to go inside where he was entombed.I was at the cemetery in 1978. We went to Graceland. It was beautiful.

[@mizzprettyhuston]

Ooh a new book to read ❤ Thank you for sharing.

[@reginasilberbauer3903]

❤😮❤😢❤ Oh, very interesting! Thank You for sharing! 💙🙏💎🌻⚡

[@tonytcb4504]

Very informative thank you very much love from the UK ♥ 🇬🇧

[@kimberlymcclellan3590]

Another great video Spa Guy...

[@leannbrooks218]

Absolutely wonderful story! Thankyou

[@LloydRich-k4o]

Thanks for the info and tour good stuff! ⚡

[@chadmears136]

Awesome video on Elvis ❤ Thank you 😊

[@perfumegoose]

Spa Guy, another excellent video. If you had driven a few more feet up EP Blvd you would have come to Calvary Cemetary, right across the road from Forest Hill. Most of the relatives on my mother's side are buried in Calvary. The last funerals I went to was for my grandfather and great-aunt who both died Christmas night 1974. I just remember hearing that Elvis's mother was buried across the street, but I never went in to see it. I remember when Elvis died and was interred, me and some of my friends planned to go late at night to see his site but we changed our minds after all the media reports of the insanity that followed. I believe there were several attemps to steal his body. Some "folks" from out-of-town attempted to dynamite the building and steal his body for ransom. It was constant chaos and a couple of months later both Elvis and his mother were moved to Graceland.

[@SpaGuy]

Yes I have been in that cemetery.. There is a story that Elvis saw a Jesus statue in that cemetery that influenced him to create the one for Glady's grave..

[@catwhiskers1919]

Excellent factual video. Thank you

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Good info, Rip Elvis

[@mizzprettyhuston]

Yeah Elvis and Gladys crypts should be sold because Elvis & Gladys aren't there anymore. They're at Graceland and that's where fans, friends, & family should pay their respects in my opinion

[@Sergigrinkovvolponyfan]

I thought the same thing and the money goes right Riley.

[@mattskustomkreations]

If not sold, perhaps a commemorative plaque is placed, and/or even photos of the original funeral, and it’s used as a low-key draw for other customers and Elvis historians.

[@gailmchaffie]

I think it should stay in the family

[@mizzprettyhuston]

@@gailmchaffie that's a good idea too ❤️

[@mylesreza9496]

I WAS BORN TO KNOW THAT "ELVIS STILL MUCH ALIVE" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@randomx8822]

Thanks spa guy. Great video ...as usual.

[@bonniebarnett7202]

Thanks for sharing Billy, was wondering about this place, went up there, and inside was in disrepair, glad they are restoring it. Hope you have a blessed day my friend..prayers😊👍💜🙏🇺🇸Bonnie

[@nancyhanson9074]

I never knew Gladys was moved under Elvis

[@DenitaArnold]

That's a lovely masoleum. Glad they're fixing it up 😊

[@mrDCunningham]

Very interesting. Nice work 👍🏼😎

[@Beth-yb2kv]

Hi Spa Guy. I just love your videos. They’re always so entertaining, informative and meticulously researched. This one was particularly fascinating. I visited Graceland in November of 2022 for the first time and also the mausoleum Elvis was originally interred in. I was very shocked quite honestly at the state of disrepair it was in. It was actually locked at the time so we couldn’t enter it. I’m so glad to hear it has since been restored to its original condition. Please keep up the great work on your Elvis videos! I plan on returning to Memphis and Graceland sometime in the future. I would so love to meet you and see the “grey ghost!”Love from Maine.❤

[@sylviaschild]

I just love your videos..I learn so much, thank you for sharing!

[@molai72]

Very nice video Mrs Spa Guy!

[@helenludlow2331]

Thanks for a great video Spaguy and Trey - love learning new things about Elvis and his life - what had always bothered me was I read somewhere that Elvis didn't want to be buried underground so why didn't Vernon have an above ground grave for Elvis like Ben and Lisa or maybe build a mausoleum within the grounds of Graceland and have them all in there. Also do you know if there was a specific reason for Elvis making his Will in March - do you think that he thought he may die soon as it was only 5 months later. Keep up the great work that you both do ⚡💛⭐

[@SpaGuy]

I don't think Elvis planned to die the timing of the will was just a coincidence.. I have heard the same thing about being buried but Vernon was really bothered by Gladys grave being vandalized so he did what he felt was the safest thing..

[@helenludlow2331]

@@SpaGuy thanks guys x

[@soledadbustos9511]

Spa Interesante Información Excelente trabajo Spa Muchas Gracias

[@toddhensley880]

I think some fans are taking it a little too far if they are demanding that crypt remain unused simply because Elvis was there for a short time, especially if the estate no longer even owns it. They could probably auction it off for enough to pay for the current and future restorations!

[@SpaGuy]

The estate never owned it and I agree with you!!

[@05020502able]

Thank you Mr spa Guy.. but I was wondering as to why Elvis wasn't buried next to Gladys @ the meditation Garden? They could have moved Gladys Cliser to Elvis , & Vernon could have been buried on the other side of Elvis ,or on the side of Gladys. It just seems Elvis never got what he wanted . Instead they trashed him in a bookn& the EX WIFE did the same & bik pics & her latest priscilla movie, I don't know why shes not stopped. She's not a presley there is no presley blood running through her veins, & don't belong buried there, just another thing Elvis wouldn't want. Thank you for all your great videos.

[@samarijana]

U pravu ste u Cilli nema Presleyeve krvi i ne može biti sa njima, pogotovo nakon svega ružnog što o njima govori i što im je učinila.

[@neildarealdeal7129]

Another piece of the puzzle, thanks Spa Guy! Darealdeal

[@neildarealdeal7129]

👍

[@terrysmith501]

Again you killed it buddy! God bless you.

[@silvanacovos8115]

Thank you guys ❤⚡

[@jmf2471]

I didn’t hear the end. You answered my question. Thank you.

[@joyce259]

Thank you for this video, it was very interesting ❤

[@sherrytrimper3536]

Thank you 👍

[@philiplucock8016]

Nice one spa guy thanks Phil from Liverpool UK 🇬🇧 👍 😀

[@TeresaRobinson-cd2uk]

This is wonderful that they are fixing this up. Billy if Elvis was buried with his mom here, why wasn’t he next to his mom at Graceland?

[@SpaGuy]

That is a Great Question I thought of too and I don't know the answer..

[@kathypoole5493]

They say because his mother's grave was being Disturbed so they didn't want Elvis there as well

[@ristie_lee]

Very interesting. Enjoyed the drive up to the mausoleum, knowing Elvis drove some of that road to visit with his mom, but it was also the route the funeral procession carried him. 😢 I hope to visit there one day.

[@jackiewelsh1284]

Been trying to get that book for years very rare indeed and out of my price range unfortunately great video Billy 👍

[@DebraBehrens-sn4bi]

Great video Billy and Trey Very interesting info around Elvis burial and Gladys in that mausoleum! I didn’t know the flag was offered but not used by Vernon’s request of the red roses instead! Huge cemetery and glad they’re restoring that mausoleum! I want to read that book now the King is Dead! Thanks again Billy! 👍💕🏛️🪦⚰️

[@SpaGuy]

I have been asked about why no Flag many times now we know..

[@suefenner9217]

That’s because Elvis wasn’t in the casket! He would not have a flag there if he wasn’t in the ground

[@paulcheton9802]

Very interesting Detective. Thanks 🙏

[@catfish24]

Good job very interesting.

[@brianfisher6845]

Incredible video Spa Guy. Thank you

[@reiss529]

Very very interesting SPA GUY. Waiting for more informations over those questions from those asking from you. God Bless you and takecare ❤☦️🛐🙏🏻👍🕊🌈🌟💞

[@PP-ob8zr]

Thanks Billy 😊👍🏻 TCSGB!

[@user-qv2cq5kv1h]

That was awesome!!!! Great information!!!! Thanks!!!❤ 14:33

[@benowen5792]

I always wonder how no other post morten pics of Elvis have never leaked out all these years . Amazing really. You know there out there

[@SpaGuy]

I think because there aren't any real ones that are not in the Graceland Archives.. If there were we would have already seen them!!

[@michelle8967]

Thank you

[@wlc1980]

Good stuff Billy, I definitely would like to read that book.

[@ELVIS_HAS_LEFT_THE_BUILDING]

I would love to see your collection spa guy!

[@douglaststephens-qr8jr]

Just amazing

[@cynthiacleaver9515]

Thank you for all you do! I love your videos on Elvis.

[@alicewarner5172]

Truth is important…..I like the way you research your blogs!!❤❤❤

[@stephk1933]

Wonderful!!💯

[@lindabain2701]

AMAZING JOB YALL, AS ALWAYS ♥️

[@tonymarinelli7304]

Within the timeframe of Elvis being in that mausoleum, my family made a trip to Tupelo Mississippi, where we met Elvis‘s fifth grade teacher named Mrs. Grimes she brought us into her home and told us a few stories about Elvis and told us the story of her teaching him the song old shep. We recorded the entire conversation, however, like an idiot I recorded over it. I get grief until this day from my brothers. We also went to the cemetery. Of course we didn’t have access to it.

[@SpaGuy]

Wow that would be a very important piece of footage..

[@tonymarinelli7304]

@@SpaGuy It was an audio to be truthful, it was not until I read a biography about Elvis and Mrs. Grimes was mentioned when I heard that name it confirmed her legitimacy, chills ran down my spine

[@alma4136]

Great video spay guy 💛 🙏 that E-P from 🌞.

[@cindie7086]

I did find Bill Black’s gravesite. It’s Southeast of the back of the mausoleum. It seemed at that time it was near some trees towards to far back area.

[@marilynadams349]

Thank you SPA guy

[@user-ib7ew4uo9m]

Still waiting for the Elvis Canadian concert tours. Ottawa ,Toronto, Vancouver 1957. Ottawa Civic center still stands.

[@SpaGuy]

Yep one day I will get them done.. I haven't been to Canada in many years..

[@nancyfleming2549]

I was always a fan of Elvis. I grew up in ChicagoI was in 7th grade when Elvis died. I never knew much about his death. Thank you for sharing. Is the book still available? If so how can I get it I would love to read it. I remember during summer they would show his movies I would watch them with my mom. I wish they would show them now instead of the junk on tv.

[@deboisblanc]

Whoa, I got turned around. I don’t remember that route to Elvis’ crypt, but I haven’t been there in 20 years.

[@tonyo.4226]

Thank you for all the content you’ve given all of us. Very informative. However, I’d have to disagree about auctioning off those crypts. It’s a part of history. Many fans still go there (myself included) to remember that part of Elvis’ history. 😊

[@RhodeIslandDude]

I’ve purchased quite a few copies for that book you’re talking about at my local bookstore.

[@SpaGuy]

They are very valuable.. Go for big money!!

[@arnaud2726]

Been searching for one copy for + 20 years. How can I please contact you ?

[@louk231]

The content on this KZbin Channel has always been and I hope will always continue to be top Flight and informative right down to the most minute detail. Spa Guy is the most detailed and thorough Elvis Archaeologist known to the Elvis World. Thank you again Bill Spa Guy

[@SpaGuy]

Thank You so much for the kind words!!

[@erichoppe]

Love it

[@kenpalmer985]

Glad to see they are fixing it up. Any news on the dojo?.

[@SpaGuy]

Not at this moment..

[@earlenem5745]

I didn't know that they were preserved so they can go visit them anytime they wonted to... Wells Fargo thank you for all the info cuz a lot of this me and probably as well as other people did not never know this

[@annib77]

Another great tick for you and Trey Billy. Good footage. Then they were both moved to Graceland October 2nd 1977 right?

[@donnachatterton6298]

Elvis wanted to be next to his Mother. I believe in time that’s the way Elvis will be buried at Graceland.

[@TS-gg9dk]

Very interesting Spa Guy! When I visited at Elvis week in 1991 I was in that mausoleum and I’d have to find the pictures from that trip to know for sure if I was in that same crypt room. Actually I have a Spa Hot tub question for you: To keep the water clean in an inflatable hot tub, what do you prefer? Chlorine or Bromine?

[@SpaGuy]

I am a Chlorine guy!!

[@TS-gg9dk]

@@SpaGuy Thanks for your reply.

[@evahatfield9477]

I wonder if the painters have any ghost stories

[@danielh1830]

I am still curious how the pallbearers carrying Elvis's coffin made it around that corner of the chapel. They would have had to lift the coffin over the pews and make a sharp turn. Having been a pallbearer the just seems incredibly difficult. Thanks for doing this.

[@SpaGuy]

It is wider that you think and designed for caskets to be maneuvered around.. I imagine they placed it on a roll cart once inside because I think they had something in the chapel area there before moving him to the crypt..

[@aunt_b3365]

Thank you Spa Guy for your diligence to put the truth out. Im jusr Glad Elvis and Gladys are bith at rest finally at Graceland. I think Elvis would like that. Idk4 sure but i think so. The meditation garden tyrned into a family burial site. I have always windered howisa felt about it but, it was definitely the safesr place and still is.

[@benowen5792]

Can’t find this book for sale.

[@kathypoole5493]

So nobody else was in that Crypt except Elvis and his mother? Before during or after Elvis? And I figured if anybody ever did it should have been family I thought some family was at the cemetery somewhere

[@TCB0816]

I read that book " The king is dead "....very very interesting !

[@arnaud2726]

Would you agree to sell it?

[@TCB0816]

@@arnaud2726 Hell no ! 😂

[@wesmcgee1648]

That book looks interesting . Glad they brought back that mausoleum .

[@mgcole5586]

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I visited this mausoleum in August of 88 and I found a piece of the gray polished marble trim lying outdoors directly below the window of Elvis' crypt!? At that time there were evergreen bushes planted up against the building on each side of the entry so it was easily hidden. Trim is 7/8" thick, 2" high, 5" long and resembles a piece of a picture frame. I went back in '92 and the mausoleum was deteriorating badly! I'm pleased to see it's being restored and personally I think Elvis/Gladys crypt should stay forever empty.

[@karinrossa2243]

Vielen lieben Dank, das war sehr interessant , würde gerne noch erfahren über das Buch was da noch mehr steht, was wir nicht wissen. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland❤️🇩🇪