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It’s been a week of tragedies, unlike anything seen in living memory. Families have voids that can never be filled, many Memphians no longer feel safe and the whole city is on edge. It’s times like these that the Spirit of Memphis must shine as never before. Geoff Calkins describes one such shining moment, when thousands finished Eliza’s run.
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They didn’t let fear stop them. Exactly one week after Eliza Fletcher’s abduction and death, more than a thousand Memphians turned out at 4:20 a.m. to finish the run that Eliza could not.
By Geoff Calkins
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Three local owners of small businesses opened up to share their stories of success during a seminar hosted by The Daily Memphian last week.
By Christin Yates
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One started out as an automotive service manager. The other was a zookeeper. Now, they are nurses, filling gaps in a national shortage.
By Aisling Mäki
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Volunteers at the FedEx St. Jude Championship will be given purple ribbons to celebrate the life of Will Drennan — a former volunteer who died saving a child from a sudden flood Tuesday night.
By Geoff Calkins
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“We know this was such a tough week for the city of Memphis and this one was for those people. ...We hope that for a few hours we were able to be a small and shining light for our great community,” Coach Ryan Silverfield said.
By Frank Bonner II
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The prayer event Thursday night was spearheaded by a local church to lift up the city and ask for help and healing because of the recent string of violence.
By Aarron Fleming
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Cars overflowed from the Second Presbyterian Church parking lot onto Central Avenue as the community gathered Saturday, Sept. 10, for the funeral of Eliza Fletcher.
By Alicia Davidson
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