Calkins: In Munford, they gathered to celebrate ‘Rusty’ McKinney in the only way they could
“I didn’t know he was going to be a police officer,” said Barry Trobaugh. retired Munford High band director. “But when I found out, it made perfect sense. And it made sense that he wanted to do it in Memphis because Memphis needed him more than we needed him out here.” (Courtesy David Perry)
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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.
In Munford, they knew Joseph “Rusty” McKinney as an Eagle Scout and a band kid. Saturday, the town honored him by assembling at the football stadium to form a giant, solemn M.
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