Marshall Chapman grew up a member of one of the most well-known families in Spartanburg County, SC (the Chapmans owned the local cotton mill) and loved both athletics and music. In 1957, the young Chapman was taken to the Carolina Theatre in downtown Spartanburg to see Elvis Presley perform, and it changed her life forever.
A natural athlete, she placed second in the South Carolina Junior Girls' golf tournament, and once outscored the entire opposing team while engaging in a spirited prep basketball game. When she arrived at Nashville's prestigious Vanderbilt University in 1...