Conaway: She ran for a friend, she ran for a city
Runners, supporters and mourners attend the 4:30 a.m “Let's Finish Liza's Run” event on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.
Eliza Fletcher’s kidnapping and murder in September galvanized a city, and Memphians responded by the thousands — both here and nationwide.
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