Tyre Nichols honored with sunset lantern release
RowVaughn Wells, Tyre Nichols’s mother, smiles while watching a lantern float into the sky during a sunset send-off lantern release in honor of Tyre Nichols at Martrys Park April 9. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Twenty-nine paper lanterns alighted over the Mississippi River around the 7:30 p.m. sunset representing each year of Nichols’ life.
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Alicia Davidson is a lifelong Memphis resident and graduate of The University of Memphis College of Journalism and Strategic Media. When not scribbling about the latest Memphis news, you will find her reading historical biographies, cooking Italian cuisine and practicing vinyasa yoga.
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