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2. R. S. Lewis Funeral Home - Wikipedia

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   R.S. Lewis & Sons Funeral Home has operated continuously in downtown Memphis, Tennessee since 1914. The home has held services for many prominent African-Americans, including Benjamin Hooks and Martin Luther King Jr. The Lewis family was known for its civic leadership.

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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   The driver, Solomon Jones, an employee of the Lewis Funeral Home, was one of the last people to speak to King before he was shot, and also attempted to chase the shooter, to no avail. After the shooting, King was taken by ambulance to the emergency ward at St. Joseph's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m.

5. The nuances of a Memphis agitator, Sara Lewis, as told by her ...

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   January 21 2019 - Sara Lewis steps up on stage to receive her award from Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland during the 2019 MLK Luminary Awards at the Hall of Mayors in City Hall.

6. List of prematurely reported obituaries - Wikipedia

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   Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...

7. List of people from Memphis, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Waterson — police officer who captured Machine Gun Kelly in a Memphis raid in 1933; Luke J. Weathers (1920–2011) — former U.S. Army Air Force officer and member of Tuskegee Airmen [6] Ida B. Wells — civil rights advocate and women's rights advocate; Junior Wells — musician; David West — baseball player; Red West — actor ...

8. 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 ...

9. Category : African-American history in Memphis, Tennessee

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   Pages in category "African-American history in Memphis, Tennessee" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .