Funny you should mention that announcement buddy!!!
I just recently finished reading my latest issue of Bill Burk's ELVIS WORLD magazine, and he had an article in the issue regarding this very announcement!
According to Bill, her name is actually
CAROL Mulford. Apparently, either the name was written wrong on the slip of paper handed to Elvis, or he simply read the name wrong. According to Bill's article, Carol was at the concert with her husband and 10 of their friends. Their young daughter had a seizure and was taken to the local children's hospital and the police were paging Carol to take her and her husband to the hospital.
The idea for this whole article apparently got started earlier this year when Peter Z., the local program director at Cincinatti radio station WGRR contacted ELVIS ONLY host Jay Gordon about obtaining something special to air on WGRR in commemoration of Elvis' birthday. Jay sent Peter clips from the HOLDING BACK THE YEARS CD, including the announcement for Carol.
Just like you Bobby, Peter Z. was interested to know if Carol was still alive and if she could clarify the story. According to Bill's article, the Cincinatti Enquirer printed the search for Carol on a Friday, and by the following Monday morning, Carol's niece called the station to clarify the story. WGRR also got a phone call from the retired police officer who escorted Carol and her husband to the hospital! The police officer made it a point to tell Peter that The Colonel actually
REFUSED to allow Elvis to make the announcement, but some of the guys from the Memphis Mafia saw the officer arguing with The Colonel and they stepped in to get the announcement to Elvis. The officer stated that he was even allowed to come up to Elvis' suite between shows and visit with Elvis and the guys! And apparently, both the officer and the Mulford's state that Elvis checked to see how their daughter was doing later on after the shows!
Wrapping the article up, Bill reports that since that concert, Mrs. Mulford's daughter has passed away. Her husband also recently passed away as well, but according to Mrs. Mulford, they played nothing but Elvis' gospel music at his funeral!
There wasn't any mention in the article if Carol knows there is a recording of that show, with the announcement. I would imagine she must though, given the radio station was trying to track her down, based on the recording of the announcement!
Hope this helps answer your question buddy! Sorry I really didn't have too much information to give you on this!!
TCB!
Mike
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