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Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Died: February 1, 2023 (aged 60) ... He played college football at University of Memphis. [1] [2] Bramlett died on February 1, 2023, at the ...
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.
George Bryan was born in West Point, Mississippi on April 5, 1944. [1] He graduated from West Point High School, where he then attended Mississippi State University in nearby Starkville.
In 1960 he made his first recordings with his 17-year-old daughter Carla, for the Satellite label in Memphis, which changed its name to Stax the following year. The song, "Cause I Love You", featuring a rhythm borrowed from Jesse Hill's "Ooh Poo Pa Doo", was a regional hit; the musicians included Thomas' son Marvell on keyboards, Steinberg, and the 16-year-old Booker T. Jones.
After the music business, Boggs began working in the restaurant business. In the early 1970s, he worked at T.G.I. Friday's.One former employee's account who knew Thomas Boggs personally, "Thomas was the manager at the Dallas, Texas TGI Friday's, Old Town Shopping center location on Greenville Ave, helping open new restaurants.
They organized a convention that aided W. W. Herenton's election as mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1991 election [3] and encouraged civic engagement with the Shelby County Democratic Party. [4] In 1994, Cooper ran for the Tennessee House of Representatives in the 90th district, and lost to John DeBerry in the Democratic Party's primary ...
Philip Hartley Trenary (August 1, 1954 – September 27, 2018) was an American businessman and civic leader who was the CEO and president of the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce and a former CEO of Pinnacle Airlines.
William Donald Nix [3] was born into a musical family in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 27, 1941. His brother Larry became a mastering engineer for Stax Records and for the Ardent Studios in Memphis. [4] Nix began his career playing saxophone for the Memphis-based Mar-Keys, alongside Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn.