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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]
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.
Herman L. Wolfe Sr. (September 3, 1930 – February 3, 1989) was a businessman from Savannah, Tennessee, who served seven terms as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1977 to 1989 (90th through 96th General Assemblies) from a district which encompassed Hardin and McNairy counties.
J. Wyeth Chandler (February 21, 1930 – November 11, 2004) [1] served as mayor of Memphis, Tennessee from 1972 to 1982. He was the adopted son of former Memphis mayor and U.S. Representative Walter Chandler.
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.
Bernard B. Wolfe: 1914–2016: 101: American politician [356] Lester L. Wolff: 1919–2021: 102: American politician for Long Island, New York [357] [358] [359] Xu Jiatun: 1916–2016: 100: Chinese politician and dissident [360] Katsumi Yamauchi: 1911–2012: 100: Japanese politician [361] Aleksandr Yezhevsky: 1915–2017: 101: Soviet minister ...
The Memphis–Clarksdale–Forrest City Combined Statistical Area, TN–MS–AR (CSA) is the commercial and cultural hub of the Mid-South or Ark-Miss-Tenn. The census-defined combined statistical area covers eleven counties in three states, Tennessee , Mississippi , and Arkansas .