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Guest Column: Realizing 'we are all in this together' on a summer road trip

marvinstockwell@gmail.com (Marvin Stockwell) — Tue, 1 Aug 2023 04:00:04 -0500

“Being away from Memphis while keeping an eye on it from afar has allowed me to appreciate it more, and to long to be back among the people I love.”

Mom taught me to hope, and to ask 'why not us?'

marvinstockwell@gmail.com (Marvin Stockwell) — Sun, 10 May 2020 04:00:09 -0500

The Stockwell and Abbott families started a Downtown lunch spot 40 years ago that inspired a son’s lifelong belief in city-building: ‘Nine-year-old me didn’t doubt Downtown could rally, because I had seen my own family do it.’

Crosstown High was a cause with a champion

marvinstockwell@gmail.com (Marvin Stockwell) — Sun, 9 Feb 2020 04:05:00 -0600

Ginger Spickler saw a billboard for a foundation that was giving away $10 million to five teams who could prove they were ready to “reinvent high school.” She thought: “Memphis could really use this.”

The inheritance is unlimited when you're 'rich in love'

marvinstockwell@gmail.com (Marvin Stockwell) — Wed, 3 Jul 2019 04:00:04 -0500

I watched how my dad welcomed people, how his affable, generous approach set people at ease and made them feel included and accepted. I wanted to be just like him.