Senior Pastor - Oak Lawn First Church Of The Nazarene

 Rick Stanley recorded at Friend Days 2010

  She met Vernon Presley, father of Elvis Presley and fell in love. Rick and his brothers were brought back to the United States while his father, Bill Stanley, was out on military maneuvers. He had no idea what was taking place within his own home.

  Rick spent the next year of his life in a foster home called Breezy Point Farms outside Newport News, Virginia. After obtaining a divorce from Bill Stanley, Dee re-married Vernon Presley on July 3, 1960. Several months later Rick and his brothers were picked up by his mother and new step-father and moved into Graceland, Elvis Presley's home in Memphis, Tennessee.

  Elvis showered all the Stanley boys with love and affection. Ricky was drawn to Elvis from their first meeting. When Rick was 16, he quit school and started traveling with Elvis. He became Elvis' personal aide. There was nobody closer to Elvis from 1969 to 1977.

  Rick went through the same struggles with addiction (prescription drugs) as Elvis. Elvis personally came to the Memphis Police Department and got Ricky out of jail on August 7, 1975 for a narcotics arrest. Rick was with Elvis 8 hours before his death on August 16, 1977.  

  Two months after Elvis' death, Rick became a Christian. He married Robyn, the girl who witnessed to him. Rick then attended Criswell College on a scholarship provided by Dr. W.A. Criswell himself. Rick later attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas and graduated in May of 1986.

  Rick has been married for 33 years to Robyn, and they have 2 daughters, Brittany and Bethany. Since July 3, 1978, he has spoken in over 4000 churches, 1000 middle and high schools, and hundreds of drug rehab centers and correctional facilities.

 His television appearances include Good Morning America, 20/20, Geraldo, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Mike Huckabee, Sally Jesse Raphael, Current Affair, E-True Hollywood Story, Fox On The Record with Greta Van Susteren, Inside Edition, Tom Snyder and 5 appearances on Larry King Live. Rick has been interviewed in hundreds of local newspapers and an 8 page article in People Magazine, and has authored 3 books.