Jonnita Barrett, ANITA WOOD's daughter, joins us to talk about Elvis and Anita!
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- Join us as we speak with Anita Wood's daughter, Jonnita Barrett!!
Jonnita shares stories about Anita and Elvis, discusses her book she wrote about her mom, and even shares some VERY special jewelry with us!
Jonnita also lets us know that she has released an audiobook where she does the audio and Anita Wood herself recorded the intro to the audiobook shortly before she passed away. So special, be sure to check it out!
Link to Audiobook featuring Anita: www.amazon.com/Once-upon-Time...
Jonnita - THANK YOU so much! We really enjoyed talking with you!
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Links discussed in this episode:
Jonnita's Book: www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time...
Link to Audiobook featuring Anita: www.amazon.com/Once-upon-Time...
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Great interview! As an Elvis historian, I am forever grateful that Jonnita wrote this book about her mother and Elvis! Thank you, Jonnita! In doing research for my recent book, ELVIS The Army Years Uncovered, I can tell you that Elvis was in Germany for 17 months. Also, he met Priscilla six months before he left, although he may have told Anita different. I am happy to know Anita recorded the intro for her audiobook before she passed. Thank you all for doing this interview!
Thank you so much!!
Yes! As Anita said to him "I hate for you to tell stories" LOL (paraphrasing). We all know he told MANY stories. Not sure how he kept them all straight though.
She is gorgeous like her mother ❤ Great episode!!!
Yes she is stunning! Absolutely loved chatting with her about her mom!
This book is just so beautiful to read it’s written like you are there I’m half way through it and must admit it’s one of the most beautiful emotional loving books I’ve ever read so much detail an Elvis fan would never know about and when you read it it all makes sense . Thank you Jonnita for writing this it’s a must for all Elvis fans we so grateful for all that was written about Elvis and Anita must admit it breaks my heart 😢🥰
We agree! Just a beautiful book and story. Thank you for listening Lorraine!!
Anita Wood was a Great and Beautiful Lady and Music artists, Anita Had A lot of Respect For Herself and For The Presley Family.
And she could sing. I love the song I'm Liking It. She said Elvis said it was a little risque - she sings it very sultry, but I love it.
Yes! We agree with everything you said!
@@cherylspencer8024 absolutely! We have been listening to her songs! Some are available on Spotify ✨
Sad to hear Anita passed away I did not know I always thought she was so beautiful and the right girl for Elvis she was soo beautiful inside and out all my love to you Sally
Yes it was so recent and sudden! Thank you for your support Sally!!
Anita Wood was a very special, beautiful, talented, great lady. She was by far and away the best woman Elvis had ever been with.
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Love this episode♥️I love Jonnita’s book of her Mom Anita and Elvis’s relationship♥️♥️
Thank you for watching!!
Anita Wood is and was a Star in Her own right and I Love her.
She sure is! We love her too!💜
I just finished the audiobook and it was so good. Thank you Jonnita for making the time to record as many stories from your mom to put her’s and Elvis’ story out there. She sounds like a lovely woman and it would have been a pleasure and blessing to know her. Her’s and Elvis’ story was filled with joy and respect and I truly believe she was the one for him…it was so heartbreaking that it had to end. I could just feel her pain as it ended. I’m so glad they saw each other those few times as life went on and were able to talk, hopefully that helped close some wounds for each of them. Jonnita did such a good job writing the book. I’m going to get the hard cover so I can see all the pictures! Enjoyed finding your site Elvis Girls and I look forward to catching up on all the interviews and looking forward to future ones! Billy Smith, Elvis’ cousin, would be a great guest also!
Thank you so much!!!
A lot of Elvis fans even said He should have never Let Anita go and should have went after Anita and Begged for forgiveness, I can't wait to buy This Beautiful Book.
please let us know what you think of the book! it's a good one!
Same . I can not believe he let her leave, and how it ended. Always loved Anita and you are so much like her ! Thank you for sharing .
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I bought and read the book a couple of years ago. It's a wonderful book, highly recommend.@@ThoseElvisGirls
Its on audible too. EXCELLENT!!!!!
I dearly loved Jonnita’s Book On Anita it was wonderful Book. The in interview with Jonnita was Fantastic. She is as loving and lovely in her Heart as her Mother. Her Parents raised a strong, loving, respectful,& Christian Woman as well. I truly enjoyed hearing her stories at the time when she was young and with Elvis. I know she loved Jonnita’s Father, but I believe Anita still loved Elvis even though she was Crushed and Heartbroken from there break up.
Thank you Ruth!! Means the world to us!!
Iam a Elvis Fan From germany and iam a Fan since 1985 where i Listen in Radio Elvis for the first time. I was five back then and i now enjoyed your Girls Talk very much. I always liked Anita in the Documentaires and i will never forget telling the Story That she never Saw anybody else so hurt like Elvis was when his mother passed away. And she Said he named her Little satnin or satin. R.i.p. Lovely Anita!❤
Much love to you!!!!
Much thanks and love to you!@@ThoseElvisGirls
Incredible interview! Thank you Jonnita for sharing your life and the life of your precious mother with us. I believe if Elvis would have married your mother the trajectory of his life would have been much better and he would possibly have lived a full life while knowing the Lord. He probably would have become a Singer/Evangelist as he knew he had a call on his life. Thanks again.
A truly special interview. Many thanks to Jonnita.
So grateful!
Fantastic episode, ladies! I truly believe that Anita was "the one that got away". Congratulations on the guests that have been on your channel. Looking forward to seeing it grow! TCB!
That means so much!!!! Thank you for all your support!!!
I think so, too! Gladys thought they'd we'd, as well.
Beautiful woman. Love her hair! Eternal youth.
Couldn't agree more!
Great video! I want to point out a few of the reasons Anita was exceptional in Elvis History which were not explicitly made in the book. 1 - Anita is the only woman in a long term serious relationship with Elvis who did not cheat on him. 2 - Anita had impeccable manners. There is a phone call between Elvis and Anita which you can find on CZcams in which Anita confronts Elvis about dating other women. Even though both are angry, Anita never calls Elvis a bad name or raises her voice beyond normal conversational levels and remains, by today's standards, shockingly civil. If we all could conduct ourselves while arguing as Anita did, the world would be a better place. 3 - Anita never said anything bad about Elvis after the relationship was over. Anita never tried to earn any fame or notoriety or wealth for herself through her association with Elvis.
P.S. I had the good fortune to meet Janice Fadel in Memphis during Elvis Week 2023 and had the opportunity for a short conversation. Janice is a warm, welcoming, sweet individual. I hope you do go to Waco and meet Janice yourself.
You are so right! She was always a classy and respectful lady! And YES so looking forward to going to Waco eventually! Thank you so much!!
@@debra2700 I wish we would have asked Jonnita about the phone call but we completely forgot in the moment! I would have loved to hear her thoughts on it!
@@debra2700 you are so right! We want to focus on the positives :)
She is beautiful! Loved the episode ladies. ❤❤❤
So gorgeous inside and out! Just like her mom! Thanks for watching!! ✨⚡💕
Just got the book flicked through it looks amazing she really loved him so sad. 😢it’s going to be a very good read by looks of it ❤
It is such a great book, that highlights so many happy times in Elvis's life! Let us know what you think!
Enjoyed the interview! I’ll get the audiobook before next weekend! Anita was with Elvis in the most important years of the rocket career taking off. I was almost 13 yrs old when Elvis passed I can still remember my mother telling us at breakfast the following morning. I remember going outside and walked circles around the garage as I cried. I seriously do not think that I’ve ever cried about a celebrity passing away since though often shocked & disappointed whenever we lose iconic people.
Thank you for your support!!
I’ve just ordered her book 😊makes you wonder if Elvis had married her and had kids would he of changed or settled down who knows but so sad 😢Jonnita what a beautiful name and what a kind person you are I’d loved to have met your mother Anita broke my heart hearing this story 😢well carnt wait to read your book 🥰
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Loved this thank u. Anita wood. Was a. Beautiful lady very classy she and elvis made a great couple loveed her she looks alot like her mother very beautiful rip anita ❤️
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Awww, I didn't know that Elvis talked to Anita again after they had broken up. I love the part when she talked about Elvis asking Anita if she thought they had made a mistake by not staying together? I love that he still had a place in his heart for her. We all think we're making the right choice at the time and sometimes we do have regrets or wonder what it would have been like if things could have been different. That was a sweet story and Anita was right. He wouldn't have had Lisa Marie and Anita wouldn't have had Jonnita and her brothers. God's in control that's for sure. Thank you sharing this video. I would love to read her book someday. ❤❤❤
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Her book is great. It will make you cry.
So sorry for her loss! RIP Anita!
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it was the most beautiful honest video i hve come across Anitas life was filled with truths a sincere simple life & her daughter Jonnita made the interview feel magic 🎉😊 very well articulated in a mature manner to speak from the heart share sweet memories & nothing but the truth 🙏❤️🙏. luv this video from start never a dull moment would luv to hear this again & again i am from india & just recently fell in luv with elvis & his songs his concerts it actually grew on me & just a couple of weeks back when i heard that beautiful record of Anita wood " i will wait forever " ever since i heard its lyrics it has mesmerised me to such an extent that practically daily i hear the song at least once a day ❤️🙏❤️ beautiful voice & a wonderful human human being loving caring truthful honest its no wonder that when elvis had his daughter her second name is Anitas ❤❤❤❤ 😢😢😢😢 he did luv her its truly unfortunate that the end was not a happy one thank u for this video 👏👏👏 oh yes i hve subscribed to ur channel 😊
Wow!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Anita Wood foi quanto a mim a única mulher que amou verdadeiramente Elvis.Ela era linda e eles ficavam lindos juntos,aliás eu penso que se a d.Gladys não morre-se,Anita e Elvis poderiam ter ficado juntos pois ela gostava muito de Anita.Anita Wood era linda 😢no dia que ouvi a notícia da sua morte foi um dia muito triste para mim 😢❤️🌹⚡️
HOLY! This was GREAT! Thank you so much for bringing this to us! What a gift! I’m going to go order the audiobook right now! Wow! Love that it’s Anita’s voice in the intro! Thank you again ladies, really enjoyed this episode! TCB
We are so happy you loved it!! It was SO special!!!
Jonnita looks so much like her mom ❤
both so gorgeous!!
That was a great interview so lovely.
It was so special! Thank you so much!!
What a wonderful interview! Jonnita is so friendly and charming! I’ve been on a deep dive of Elvis for the past two years, I just went to Memphis and Graceland for the first time just the other week, and this interview shed so much more light on his relationship with Anita Wood. I now have such a more well-rounded image of Anita, and who she was as a person. She was a wonderful and beautiful lady. Thank you for conducting such great interview!
thank you for the kind words! glad you found us :)
Thanks for having Jonnita on! Looking forward to more from you ladies 💕
Our pleasure!
Jonnita has her mother's great spirit. I am so sorry for her loss.
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Just finished her book. Its EXCELLENT and I have respect for her.
It is a great read! Thank you for watching!!
This was so sweet. I really loved this interview.
Thank you!
Omg I just finished watching this and boy this really made me cry and gave me goosebumps. I enjoyed every minute of it, Thank you ladies so much,
Love ya…..
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Love you Letty!!!!
Sorry to hear about your mother Anita’s passing may she rest in peace 😢😘
Heartbreaking 💔😞
I bought her book and read it twice! I just love her and Elvis did make the biggest mistake of his life by letting her go.
Thanks for the support Cheryl!!!
My thoughts too
No he didnt. He fell in love with Priscilla
I love Jonnita...!!!!😊❤ She sounds & looks like her Mother. ❤
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Thank you ladies for having the insite to interview Anita WOOD‘s daughter! I did not know there was a book out by her daughter, and I did not know until a few days ago that Anita Wood had even passed away!
I was around when Elvis first became known! and over the years, aways thought he should never have let her go for a 14-year-old girl! I’m sure there were times when he regretted it too!! She seemed from videos I’ve seen to have been such a class act. But I also firmly believe that he was forced into marrying the one he married. Don’t know if you girls know the backstory on that or not. I think it’s wonderful what you are doing in carrying on the legacy of Elvis. I was one of his biggest fans and still listen to his music because I don’t think there has ever been another singer like him. It’s a shame he could not have made better choices in his life. I will definitely be reading Jonnita’s book! She seems like a lovely person also also and what a story she has to tell. And I thank her for sharing it. Look forward to more of your videos on CZcams.
Thank you for listening!!
My favorite story is the one where she went up to Graceland and got her portrait back! That is a hoot.
I don't blame her one bit! 😂
@@ThoseElvisGirls Nope! But I wish someone could have gotten a picture of his face when that was happening!
@@cherylspencer8024 that would have been priceless!! Anita definitely was a boss woman in her own right!!
I loved Anita and Elvis together! Wish things would have worked out for them. She was a Southern Belle and was good for Elvis. Loved this interview. Thank y’all.
We agree! Thank you! 💜
I agree. Loved ep and anita being together such a beautiful couple
Well if Anita ever married Elvis she wouldn’t have gotten what she was looking for. Because obviously Elvis wouldn’t have sex with her after she had a child. She really did the best thing to leave because the livestyle Elvis led was definitely no bed of roses. Using drugs 24/7 womanizing, having his mafia guys living with him wasn’t the live style she hoped for.
Except Anita wasn't Elvis's type physically. Priscilla was!
I read the book , when it came out , because i wanted to read about Elvis the person , not the icon . I liked it when she asked him if he was a christian, I cried at the ending of the book .
Elvis and Anita
Great Job thank you ❤
So glad you like it!
Thank you - great episode.
TCB!!!!!
I loved loved loved this interview. When I saw the news come across that Anita had passed my heart sank the same way when we heard about Lisa Marie. The direct chain link to Elvis was being broken and I just found that extremely sad. I now have to pull out her book and read it for a 3rd time.
We are such huge fans of Anita - thank you SO much Cheryl!!
@@ThoseElvisGirls You are welcome! I just subscribed. I am going to watch the other interviews you did also!
@@cherylspencer8024 thank you!! Hoping to get better and better as we go along! Just getting started and it's been so fun so far! Much love 🙏
Such a special moment. Thank you sweet girls for this wonderful gift to all of us. Michelle 💐❤️💐❤️
Our pleasure! Thank you!!
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Wow!! You guys are awesome! This is amazing!!
Thank you so much! It was such an honor to speak with her!
Thank you so much for your support!!
Well finished book now 😊it’s absolutely beautiful 🤩
It really is!
It broke my heart 💔 they should stayed together ❤️
She got her mommas good looks ❤
Both so beautiful ❤️
Angie at Graceland Does have videos on line of Everything, So For Sure . Thank You For Sharing. Such An Amazing Story!! ❤❤
Oh wow! Thanknyou!!
Great interview! I HIGHLY recommend going to Waco, Texas and staying at the house. I did and I LOVED it! I also had the chance to meet Lanski, the background singers and his conductor. I have an interview of Lanski I did somewhere. Great job! Love what you are doing. ❤
Ok!!!! We will see what we can do!!
So happy I found this channel videi to watch about your Mom and Elvis . Such sweet loving memiries to cherish forever . Thank you fir sharing with us .
Thank you so much!!!
Amazing book really enjoyed reading it, your mother seems a beautiful lovely lady, it was very nice to here that Gladys loved your mother.❤
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Lovely and warm, like her mother.
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Wonderful interview. Thank you all 3 Ladies. Going to get this book
Thank you so much!! Jennifer ⚡❤️🙏
I just discovered you, Ladies. I was born & raised in Mississippi and have always been obsessed with Elvis. I appreciate what you girls are doing so much.
Thank you so much!!
Loved this interview. I just finished the audio book last week. It was a wonderful book and Jonnita did a great job. I also bought the hardback version. The book made me laugh and cry
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Loved this interview, thank you! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really great interview again. You're doing it so lovingly. Emotional❤. thank you for the work and effort. ❤
Thank you so much!
Prayers for you and your family in the losing your sweet Mither .
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It's interesting that you talk about "there must have been a list...if this person calls". I'm curious about this too, because when June Juanico visited Graceland and the movies for the first time seeing Elvis years after the end of their relationship, the guys knew her too. Guys who weren't around int he early days. And she was so surprised by that. I think Elvis kept pictures of his ex's who were important, adn I think he spoke about them often, or told stories about them often enough for them to leave some kind of imprint.
Yes!!! I've always wondered!!
That was fantastic you guys!! It was so very very interesting!! The Elvis and Anita is so bittersweet. Then to know that Anita had called Elvis when her father passed away gives so much insight that is in an unspoken way of what their relationship had meant to one another! Fantastic episode! The interview was great! Also how awesome that Jonnita was wearing the ring that Elvis gave to Anita, wow!!😊❤
Thank you sharing all of this with your viewers! I am as much appreciative as you were with Jonnita! Also, I never knew about the book, so now I am going to have to buy it!!!
Thank you so much!!!
Wonderful and respectful interview. Condolences to Anita's daughter, sons and family. Thank you for sharing about your mother. Anita was gorgeous and do are you Jonnita. You look like your mother. Thank you ladies, this was my first watch of your channel. Just subscribed and oh...been supporting my husband for 21 years watching his team every Sunday.... The Browns. A lot of Sundays have been hard days! He is a loyal fan though. 😊
Thank you so much!! Go Browns!! 🙌⚡
What a beautiful interview 😊❤
It's a special one!!!!! Thank you so much ❤️⚡
Thanks for this amazing video!❤
So glad you loved it!! ❤️
Thank you
Thank you for watching!!
That was awesome girls! Totally enjoyed it! This past July, I read the book about Anita and Elvis, and it was awesome. I couldn't put it down. Great interview!
It's one of our favorites!! 💞💞
Lovely book I very much enjoyed reading it X
It's such a special book! Anita was with Elvis at such a special time ❤️🙏
You are getting some great guests! Can't see who else is going to be on in the future.
Thank you for watching! We love sharing these stories! ⚡❤️💓
I think that "the elvis girls" promote a positive attitude among Elvis fans. I can see why guests, as special as Jonnita, would choose to he interviewed.
@@WandaG.-lq7vf thank you Wanda! You captured exactly what we want to project - positivity for Elvis !! Much love to you !!
I just bought Bonnita's book. Beautiful pictures. Love to start reading it.
It's so good! Glad you snagged a copy!!
God Bless Anita's Family. I truly felt so hurt for Anita it broke my heart too. I know she was a beautiful women. Her pain was real. Elvis and young Priscilla didn't seem to care. So cold. I really don't think Elvis was true to any women. Even though we loved Elvis. I am truly Happy she ended up having a loving and adorning husband and Family. I did read the book. I wish there was a movie. ❤
Me too! She lead such a long happy life with her family and husband, and she was well loved in her community! ❤
Loved This Interview
Thank you so much!!
This was so interesting. I love the part about her Mama being so real like Elvis was
Thank you so so much!!!
I just want to go on an Elvis road trip w these girls 🤪 I’m also a young Elvis fan I’m in Arkansas and was born down the road from Ft Chaffee where Elvis was in Arkansas . I became so curious bc everyone used to tell my dad n grandpa they looked like Elvis and then when I became a teenager I was told I looked like Lisa Marie constantly so I have been so curious of him ever since!
Come join us!!! We always love new Elvis friends!!
I think Elvis letting Anita go was the biggest mistake of his life.
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She looks a lot like her beautiful mother.
She is stunning!
I wish elvis and Anita could of took their romance a little more I think elvis would of marry her love this interview you can tell how anita and elvis love each other
They were a beautiful couple ❤
I would say that when Elvis got back to Memphis and been home a while he realised he may have made a mistake about Priscilla but her family had locked him into a sort of trap and he had to see it through Anita and Elvis were so suited to each other. I think it would have worked out for them
@@janetcoombes8483 yes! So many "what ifs"....
I’m a huge Elvis fan , but he made a big mistake I believe leaving Anita for that other one , her daughter is beautiful just like her mom , she looks so young was very surprised when she said she has grown up children, I’d bet later on Elvis must have thought what it would have been like if they stayed together, but I guess it happend the way it was always going to happen , great interview thank you 😊
Thanks for listening!!
Anita Wood's middle name was Marie,, I wonder if that's also the reason Elvis wanted Lisa's Middle name to be Marie
Yes we forgot to ask Jonnita about it! I know from the book Elvis and Anita are the one who actually selected the name "Lisa Marie"!
@@ThoseElvisGirls That's awesome,, I would hope that way he'd keep a part of her with him by naming his daughter the same name him n Anita chose ,, I think she was always part of his memories n life till the end 💙🥰
Although I didn't know any of them personally, Anita has always been my "favorite" of Elvis' women. Elvis' loss, imo.
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I think Elvis very likely would've married Anita; Gladys thought that they would.
Us too! Who knows what could have happened!
I want though Audio version
Yes! Check the link in the description! It's available on Audible/Amazon!
She looks and sounds like her mom
Both are so beautiful!
I need a wood was very beautiful and her daughter looks just like her to a T almost
Yes she is so beautiful! Just like her mom ✨⚡
💕👍🙏🐾Thankyou!! Subscribed Follow Elvis and family w much Love be respect?
Yes! Thank you!
How and where can one order her book 📚
Hi!! We put the link in our description!! It's on Amazon ❤️
Sounds like Elvis & Anita had a deep relationship. Priscilla & Elvis relationship sounds so superficial and infantile in comparison based on Priscillas book. Yeh! Elvis knew he had made a mistake that’s why he asked Anita. It is good to know he had this awareness.
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Thank goodness she left him when she did! She never would have been able to put up with what Priscilla did (God Bless Her) always away, always cheating on her, no intimacy!! Poor thing.
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Who was Anita Woods
The audiobook explains it all⚡️
So inspiring and refreshing that Anita stuck to her Christian beliefs and values, and wouldn't buy into that "contacting after death" stuff. Others seemed to be willing to "bend" their Christian beliefs at times, which did not help anyone including Elvis.
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What a shame she didn't have the forethought to keep all the things elvis gave her - would have been worth a fortune for her family
So lucky she still has some items though
Too bad the devil in disguise showed up.... 😏😏😏
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