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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.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in March 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
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 [ 9 ] Ida B. Wells — civil rights advocate and women's rights advocate
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]
The longest sitting death row inmate, Fred Singleton, is also the oldest at age 80. He was convicted in 1983 after sexually assaulting a 73-year-old woman and strangling her to death with a ...
It is located at 5668 Poplar Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. Different species of trees of different ages, as well as bushes, can be found throughout the cemetery, enhancing the atmosphere of a park-like setting. The cemetery is noted for its Crystal Shrine Grotto, a hand-built cave depicting Biblical scenes built by artist Dionicio Rodriguez.
About 100 people gathered to show their support for Palestine and to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war during a rally on Thursday, Nov. 23, at Shelby Farms Park in Memphis.
Lewie Ford (1889-1931) started the family funeral business and became allied with E.H. Crump, an influential white politician in Memphis and the state in the early 20th century. Newton Jackson Ford (1914–1986) was an undertaker and businessman, and his wife Vera (Davis) Ford (1915–1994), were prominent members of the African-American ...