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A viewing and memorial service took place on April 5th in the home's chapel, which filled with hundreds of mourners. Ralph Abernathy offered a prayer, while tears streamed down Andrew Young's face. King's casket was then flown to Atlanta for two more funeral services, which the R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home co-directed.
In 1922, Lewis purchased the Memphis Red Sox, a baseball team in the Negro leagues. He also financed the construction of Martin Stadium (sometimes called "Lewis Park") in Memphis. At the time, the city's hotels were racially segregated, and opposing team members were lodged at the funeral home. [1] [2]
A heavily guarded funeral service was held Wednesday in Memphis for Anthony “Big Jook” Mims, the older brother of noted Memphis rapper and CMG record label head Mario “Yo Gotti” Mims.
R. Bernard Funeral Services opened in 2017 in Memphis, Tennessee. [3] The Bernard family received national publicity for the funeral home due to viral marketing campaigns. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] After the business received publicity, Ryan Bernard was contacted by producer Warren D. Robinson about developing a comedic reality series.
A funeral for Tyre Nichols is underway in Memphis, more than three weeks after the 29-year-old Black man was fatally beaten by a group of police officers on 7 January.He died in hospital three ...
Jacob Wilt, Memphis Commercial Appeal September 6, 2024 at 3:54 PM A Piperton area pastor is dead and family members say his wife is in critical condition after a car crash in Southaven Tuesday.
King's first funeral took place on April 5, 1968, at R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis. After the shooting, King was taken by ambulance to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Hospital and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King's closest aides contacted Robert Lewis Jr.—a local funeral director who had first met King two days prior—to retrieve the body and prepare it for viewing.
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