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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]
Ronnie Smith Robinson (25 September 1938 [1] – April 2001 [2]) was an American roller derby skater and coach. The son of boxer Sugar Ray Robinson , Robinson grew up distant from his father, who divorced his mother shortly before his birth. [ 3 ]
Margaret Polk (1922–1990), namesake of Memphis Belle [23] Elvis Presley (1935–1977), American rock and roll artist and actor (his body was moved to Graceland shortly after burial) [24] Frank Trimble (1840–1915), merchant and real estate businessman [25] Kemmons Wilson (1913–2003), founder of the Holiday Inn hotel chain [26]
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.
Ricky Wilkins, 58, Memphis lawyer and activist, was laid to rest Saturday after a service at First Baptist Church on Broad Avenue
The deaths of Cole and Walker proved to be the catalyst for the Memphis sanitation strike. On February 11, ten days after their deaths, union Local 1733 held a strike meeting where over 400 workers complained that the city refused to provide decent wages and working conditions. The workers wanted immediate action but the city refused. [7]
Domingues died at a nursing home in the San Diego, California, area on August 21, 2002, at age 114 years and 183 days. [45] She had claimed she was actually one year older, or 115 years old, but her family and Cape Verdean diplomats did some research and discovered her baptismal information, from which they concluded that Domingues was 114 ...
West Texas was the eighth seed for the 2009 WFTDA South Central Regional Tournament. [4] West Texas lost their three games, 109–79 to No Coast Derby Girls, 212–49 to Nashville Rollergirls and 134–82 to Memphis Roller Derby and finished the weekend in tenth place.