There are 36 article(s) tagged Elmwood Cemetery:

• May 2021

  • Pandemic got you in historical fiction mood? Elmwood has contest for you

    First-place winner gets $750; essay will be adapted for a character in the Soul of the City cemetery tour in October.

    By Jane Roberts May 26, 2021

  • Opinion: Not vaccinated? There are plenty of shady trees at Elmwood

    While ignorance has always been preventable and COVID-19 is now preventable, nothing can prevent stupid in 100% of us. Not getting a vaccine is all about you, a selfish and self-indulgent exercise.

    By Dan Conaway May 07, 2021

• October 2020

  • Memphians cope with lives turned upside down by virus

    After six months of coronavirus, the resulting losses are profound, but the stories these people tell are about going on, a process they find central to living with the unknown. 

    By Jane Roberts October 05, 2020

• August 2020

  • Lawsuit alleges ‘Sundance Kid’ remains rest at Elmwood

    The claim by a Missouri "photo historian" is being opposed by Elmwood Cemetery, which counters that the relative of J. Sam Morton included as a plaintiff is too distant to exhume the body to get a DNA sample. The case is built on alleged resemblances in old photos and the legend of Etta Place, the outlaw's companion.

    By Bill Dries August 17, 2020

  • This year ‘ghosts’ of Elmwood can visit you at home

    Some of the Memphis figures buried at Elmwood Cemetery star in a film by Willy Bearden that will be streamed Oct. 10. Bearden's documentary includes a key role for himself as a former mayor of Memphis. 

    By Chris Herrington August 10, 2020

• June 2020

  • ‘Secret Memphis’ chronicles civic oddities and goes deeper into the familiar

    Subtitled “A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure,” Holly Whitfield's book highlights close to 100 Memphis places from the oddball (“Sex Pistols Taco Bell”) to the sober (Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum).

    By Chris Herrington June 11, 2020

• April 2020

  • At Elmwood Cemetery you’ll find 70,000 stories, 6 feet apart

    The oldest active cemetery and most storied ground in Shelby County provides perspective, now and always.

    By Dan Conaway April 10, 2020

• January 2020

  • Community Foundation grants $210,041 to local nonprofits

    Each of the grantees must raise a dollar-for-dollar match for the funds. 

    By Elle Perry January 15, 2020

• October 2019

  • Halloween spirits rise at Elmwood Cemetery, Evergreen Theatre, Historical Haunts

    Memphians in the mood for a good ghost story this Halloween season can choose among several interactive and cultural ways to make the most of the spirited holiday.

    By Erinn Figg October 05, 2019

• May 2019

  • 101 years after she was laid to rest, Mollie Woodruff gets headstone

    The headstone marks the grave of a woman who died in 1917 and whose spirit is part of tours of the Woodruff-Fontaine House in Victorian Village. Her real life story was remembered Sunday in Elmwood Cemetery.

    By Bill Dries May 20, 2019

• April 2019

  • The Weekly Memphian: Outkast turns 25, Tambourine Bash, Time-Warp Drive-In and David Sedaris

    The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers April 17-23.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 17, 2019