Conaway: Ode to the olive boat captain
John Simmons, who made retail a riot, gets a Carnival Memphis salute
Daily Memphian
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
John Simmons gets a tribute that recognizes that he, not his imaginative inventory, was the treasure in his Memphis shops.
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