Roar of a FedEx jet bearing Fred Smith’s initials breaks moment of silence at FESJC
A special FedEx plane with the late founder Fred Smith's initials on the belly of the airplane flies over the FedEx St. Jude Championship Saturday, Aug. 9. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
A powerful jet overhead made the earth at TPC Southwind tremble during a flyover honoring FedEx founder and former CEO Fred Smith, who died June 21 at the age of 80.
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Fred Smith FedEx St. Jude ChampionshipParth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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