Demolition won’t raze a family and its memories
Hugh Francis III hands the house key to 236 Deloach St. to his wife, Lysbeth Francis, on Sunday, June 30. The Francis family has been connected to the home for generations. The building is one of several houses now owned by the University of Memphis that will be demolished by the school for new parking space. (Brandon Dill/Special to the Daily Memphian)
The Francis family takes one last look at their old home place before it's razed for the expansion of the University of Memphis' parking lot.
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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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