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General Hospital is an American television soap opera, airing on ABC.Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, the serial premiered on April 1, 1963. John Beradino, whose career began as American Major League Baseball player, originated the role of Steve Hardy in the serial's premiere episode and made his final appearance on April 23, 1996, [1] making him one of the longest-serving soap opera actors.
Fred C. Brannon (1901–1953), American film director of the 1940s and 1950s; Greg Brannon (born 1960), American physician and political activist; Harry Brannon (1920–1991), American popular singer; Henry Brannon (1837–1914), Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; John Brannon (born 1961), American hardcore punk vocalist
Robert Lewis Jr. became a business leader in Memphis, and was noted for his efforts at establishing T. O. Fuller State Park. Other noted achievements include advocating for the hiring of the first African-American firefighters in Memphis in 1955, being the first African-American appointed to the city's Alcohol Beverage Commission, and ...
Mass grave of sixty-one merchant marines and sailors who died in the fire aboard the SS J. Pinckney Henderson on August 19, 1943. Mass grave for 123 of the 139 victims of the Palawan Massacre [ 3 ] Remains of 5 crewmen from B-36 Bomber 075 lost on the coast of British Columbia, Canada while conducting a training mission on February 13, 1950 ...
The original Baptist Memorial Hospital was a 2,000-bed medical facility and complex of multiple hospital buildings located at 899 Madison Avenue in midtown Memphis, Tennessee. The facility closed in 2000 after 88 years of service, and was demolished in 2005.
The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center consists of eight original buildings constructed in the late 1940s, and an additional eight smaller buildings dating from around 2000. The complex is situated on a 26.1-acre campus. The eight original building, as well as the design of the complex landscape, contribute to the historic quality of the site.
The Scimitar Building was the home of the Memphis Scimitar from 1902 to 1929. [1] The Memphis Press-Scimitar was an afternoon newspaper based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company. Created from a merger in 1926 between the Memphis Press and the Memphis News-Scimitar, the
Brannon, a funeral director, founded (1967) and operated the Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home in Calhoun, Georgia. He was also a probate court judge and a coroner for Gordon County, Georgia. [1] He served in the Georgia State Senate for district 51 from 1981 to 1991. [2] Brannon died on September 11, 2020, at the age of 86. [3]