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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.
Richard Stevenson Lewis was the owner of the Red Sox at the start of the 1923 season. [23] 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 ...
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.
In 2010, Gentiva Home Health paid $1 billion to purchase Odyssey Healthcare. It was the largest hospice acquisition in U.S. history, according to the company . The reason for this expansion partially reflects a decades-long shift in attitude among terminally ill patients, who increasingly prefer to spend their final weeks at home instead of in ...
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.
He was the Pirates' principal owner through 1985, during which the Pirates won three world series championships — in 1960, 1971, and 1979. Galbreath was the first owner to break the so-called "Million Dollar Mark" when he signed Dave Parker to a multi-year contract in 1979 .
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2.2 R. S. Smith Architect. ... 8.5 Sunnicrest is the only surviving cottage and was restored by its owner, ... Lewis Funeral Home 1921 189 College Street