There are 3 article(s) tagged Robert Church Sr.:

• September 2022

  • Guest Column: We have seen how fragile, vulnerable — and resilient — Memphis is

    “After this awful past week, many of us have something in common with Robert Church — we have the option to leave and the privilege of choice. I am so glad Robert Church chose to stay.”

    By John Carroll September 11, 2022

• 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

• June 2019

  • Church’s striking and obscure story marked on Beale Street

    The South's first black millionaire was remembered Tuesday, on what would have been his 180th birthday, with a Beale Street parade where the heart of his business empire once stood.

    By Bill Dries June 19, 2019