Tupelo tourism group approves funds for Elvis museum

TUPELO, Miss. The Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau in Mississippi has approved a 50-thousand dollar request to fund renovations at the Elvis Presley Museum.

The agency had denied the request on two occasions earlier this summer because members of the Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation had refused to turn over some financial reports. The foundation has since provided the information.

Renovations are expected to begin this fall on a multimedia exhibit focusing mostly on Elvis as a boy. Presley, who died in 1977, was born and grew up in Tupelo before his family moved to Memphis when he was 13.

Source: WREG-Memphis