June West stepping down at Memphis Heritage
June West outside the old Wm. C. Ellis Machine Works on Front Street. West has announced her semi-retirement from her role as executive director of Memphis Heritage. (Greg Campbell/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Memphis Heritage will soon post a job opening to find a successor to June West, who is entering semi-retirement after leading the city's preservationists for the past 17 years.
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Development historic preservation June West Memphis HeritageTom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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