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Geoff Calkins On Demand: Just Posted

Calkins: They fell in love. Broke up for seven decades. Then they found each other again.
 
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She broke off their engagement so he could serve his country. More than seven decades later, Bill Moore has a vivid memory of the moment he asked Martha McClanahan to marry him.

 
 

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Geoff Calkins

Geoff Calkins

Columnist

Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.

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