There are 6 article(s) tagged Obituary:

• March 2024

  • John Stokes, a force at Morgan Keegan and in Memphis, dies at 86

    For decades starting in the early 1970s, Stokes was in charge of equity capital markets and the No. 2 at Morgan Keegan. 

    By Jane Roberts March 12, 2024

• March 2022

  • Marvis Kneeland Jones, one of the Memphis State 8, dies

    In 1959, after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education ruled segregation in schools to be unconstitutional, Jones was one of the first eight Black students to attend Memphis State University (now University of Memphis).

    By Julia Baker March 15, 2022

• May 2020

  • Former Memphis Showboats coach Pepper Rodgers has died

    Former Memphis Showboats coach Pepper Rodgers, who also led the local Canadian Football League franchise, died Thursday in Reston, Virginia.

    By Clay Bailey May 15, 2020

• January 2020

  • Public relations giant Harold Burson dies in Memphis at 98

    Burson-Marsteller public relations agency founder Harold Burson died in Memphis Friday, Jan. 10, at age 98.

    By Wayne Risher January 10, 2020

• September 2019

  • Guardsmark founder Ira Lipman dies in New York

    Ira A. Lipman, founder of the formerly Memphis-based private security firm Guardsmark, has died in New York City.

    By Wayne Risher September 17, 2019

  • Calkins: A Tennessee fan, his pitch-perfect obit, and the enduring power of sports

    A Tennessee fan's obituary said his only regret was that the Vols "predeceased" him. Here's how that obituary came to be — and why it highlights the best things about sports.

    By Geoff Calkins September 16, 2019