SOME RECENT PRESS COVERAGE ON TIM FARRELL

This week, there was an article published in Tim Farrell's hometown newspaper. The reporter there has been following Tim and his effort's for the last year. The whole article has been reprinted in it's entirety, below:

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Published in the Jackson Citizen Patriot. The article can also be viewed on the newspaper's website: www.citpat.com


Man tries blog to see if he's really Elvis' son
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 -- By Brad Floury

Folks snickered when they heard a truck mechanic living in Horton claims he may be the long-lost son of Elvis Presley.
"Sure," we guffawed. "And Jimmy Hoffa runs a bait store on Center Lake."
Tim Farrell knew he would open himself to ridicule when he told his story last year. By now, he deserves better.

Let's give him credit: Farrell appears sincere, level-headed and determined. He keeps saying he wants no money from the Presley estate.
"If I ever change my mind and ask for money, I hope the public chews me up, like they ought to," said Farrell, 50.
"All I want is a DNA test to prove it one way or the other."

After making overtures through an attorney, Farrell has lost hope the Presley people will cooperate with a DNA test.
"They're really not responding to us very much," Farrell said. "They have no obligation to provide DNA to anyone."

Instead of giving up, Farrell decided to try convincing the world to take him seriously. Last week, Farrell and friends created an Internet blog at www.iselvismydad.blogspot.com where he promises to post "very compelling circumstantial evidence" he is Elvis' son.
That's what I mean about being determined.

The blog was first named "Elvis is My Dad" but Farrell shut it down and re-opened a few days later with a new name, "Is Elvis My Dad?"
"Honestly, I do believe it is true," Farrell said. "But I cannot claim it is true without evidence."
That's what I mean about being level-headed.

Farrell said his mother told him in 1978 and again on her deathbed in 2002 that Elvis was his father.
She said he was conceived when she, at age 19, had a one-night-stand with the singer at a Memphis motel in 1954.
After the mother died, the family found a package she left for Farrell. It contained "documentation and information" to support the claim.

By posting evidence on his blog, Farrell hopes to draw the attention of some unrecognized child of Elvis Presley willing to compare DNA.
"We found it likely Elvis had other kids," Farrell said. "We are trying to find them. Hopefully, people will come forward."
If DNA can prove Farrell has the same father as another alleged child of Elvis Presley, it would be strong evidence both claims are true.

Perhaps the keepers of Elvis Presley's memory also suspect The King left a sprinkling of illegitimate children.
That's one reason to explain why they would brush off people like Farrell when a simple test can squelch false claims.

As for me, I stopped snickering.
Farrell has done nothing in the past year to suggest he is a kook or a gold digger.
He deserves to learn the truth as much as anyone else looking for a parent.

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