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  2. R. S. Lewis Funeral Home - Wikipedia

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    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] Lewis' sons Clarence Lewis and Robert ...

  3. Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. File:R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home, Memphis, Tennessee.jpg

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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.

  5. Bob Bryar, Former My Chemical Romance Drummer, Dies at 44 - AOL

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    Bob Bryar, a former My Chemical Romance drummer, has died. He was 44. According to TMZ, which was the first to report the news, Bryar was found dead at his home in Tennessee on Tuesday, Nov. 26 ...

  6. Memphis Red Sox - Wikipedia

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    Lewis was the owner and operation of R. S. Lewis Funeral Home on Vance Avenue in Memphis. [24] It is not clear when Lewis bought the team from Miller and Dandridge. During the Dixie Colored Series of 1922 he is listed in The Dallas Express as the team's president. [22] On May 15, the Memphis Red Sox dedicated their new stadium at Lewis Park.

  7. Killing of Tyre Nichols - Wikipedia

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    On the evening of January 31, 2023, a ceremony and press conference with Nichols's family was held at the Mason Temple Church in Memphis, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his final speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop" in 1968. [126] Nichols's funeral was held the next day at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis. [126]

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  9. Conan O'Brien's parents died 3 days apart. Both were Boston ...

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    Dr. Thomas O'Brien died Monday at age 95, and his wife Ruth Reardon O'Brien died at 92 years old on Thursday, according to their obituaries. They were married for 66 years and raised six children.