Harold Ray Presley
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Harold Ray Presley was the sheriff
of Lee County, Mississippi
from 1993 to 2001.http://www.nrlo.net/MSLeeCounty.html
Harold Ray Presley was one of six children born to Noah Edward and Christine Presley. He attended local schools, but dropped out of school in the tenth grade. In 1968 he was drafted into the Army and served in Vietnam in the Twenty-ninth General Support Group. After serving four years, he received an honorable discharge and returned to Tupelo.
Harold Presley was married, and had two sons and a daughter. Elvis Presley
who was his second cousin.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00EED91238F934A35754C0A9679C8B63&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fP%2fPresley%2c%20Elvis
In 1993 he was elected sheriff of Lee County. During his tenure as sheriff, Presley received numerous awards including the Buford Pusser Award and the "Best of the Best Officers" for five years.
Perceiving a need for battling both the demand and supply of illegal drugs, Mr. Presley initiated the DARE Program in local schools to educate young people, several twelve-step program
s in the jail to help recovering addicts, and a tough approach to law enforcement regarding illegal drug sales and use. After earning his own GED
, he provided GED classes for training and testing inmates; he also started a work-center program for the inmates in his jail.
Presley was as famous for stopping the drug trade and drug traffic in Lee County, Mississippi
as Buford Pusser
was for chasing down the State Line Mob
and bootleggers in McNairy County, Tennessee in the 1960s.
Presley died in the early morning hours of July 6, 2001 in a shootout with a kidnapping suspect.http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=15725 Harold Ray Presley was the uncle of New York Mets
1993 First Round Draft Pick, Kirk Presley.http://www.blinkbits.com/en_wikifeeds/Harold_Ray_Presley
Sheriff
A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
of Lee County, Mississippi
Lee County, Mississippi
-National protected areas:* Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site* Natchez Trace Parkway * Tupelo National Battlefield-History:On September 20, 1816, General Andrew Jackson, David Meriwether, and the Chickasaw Nation signed the Treaty of Chickasaw Council House in Lee County.Lee County was...
from 1993 to 2001.http://www.nrlo.net/MSLeeCounty.html
Harold Ray Presley was one of six children born to Noah Edward and Christine Presley. He attended local schools, but dropped out of school in the tenth grade. In 1968 he was drafted into the Army and served in Vietnam in the Twenty-ninth General Support Group. After serving four years, he received an honorable discharge and returned to Tupelo.
Harold Presley was married, and had two sons and a daughter. Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
who was his second cousin.http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00EED91238F934A35754C0A9679C8B63&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fP%2fPresley%2c%20Elvis
In 1993 he was elected sheriff of Lee County. During his tenure as sheriff, Presley received numerous awards including the Buford Pusser Award and the "Best of the Best Officers" for five years.
Perceiving a need for battling both the demand and supply of illegal drugs, Mr. Presley initiated the DARE Program in local schools to educate young people, several twelve-step program
Twelve-step program
A Twelve-Step Program is a set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems...
s in the jail to help recovering addicts, and a tough approach to law enforcement regarding illegal drug sales and use. After earning his own GED
GED
General Educational Development tests are a group of five subject tests which, when passed, certify that the taker has American or Canadian high school-level academic skills...
, he provided GED classes for training and testing inmates; he also started a work-center program for the inmates in his jail.
Presley was as famous for stopping the drug trade and drug traffic in Lee County, Mississippi
Lee County, Mississippi
-National protected areas:* Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site* Natchez Trace Parkway * Tupelo National Battlefield-History:On September 20, 1816, General Andrew Jackson, David Meriwether, and the Chickasaw Nation signed the Treaty of Chickasaw Council House in Lee County.Lee County was...
as Buford Pusser
Buford Pusser
Buford Hayse Pusser was the Sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee , from 1964 to 1970. Pusser is known for his virtual one-man war on moonshining, prostitution, gambling, and other vices on the Mississippi-Tennessee state-line. His story has directly inspired several books, songs, movies and at...
was for chasing down the State Line Mob
State Line Mob
The State Line Mob was an association of criminal elements that operated in the 1950s and 1960s at the Mississippi–Tennessee state line in Alcorn County, Mississippi, and McNairy County, Tennessee, along U.S. Route 45. The State Line Mob was involved in bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, tourist...
and bootleggers in McNairy County, Tennessee in the 1960s.
Presley died in the early morning hours of July 6, 2001 in a shootout with a kidnapping suspect.http://www.odmp.org/officer.php?oid=15725 Harold Ray Presley was the uncle of New York Mets
New York Mets
The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
1993 First Round Draft Pick, Kirk Presley.http://www.blinkbits.com/en_wikifeeds/Harold_Ray_Presley