Friends, admirers mourn Stoy Bailey, ‘the original community organizer’
Stoy Bailey stands in front of a Victorian cottage, one of the first houses built in the first black subdivision in the city of Memphis. The house was built around 1900, and while Orange Mound was an older area, it was classified as part of the county when the North Annesdale subdivision was built. Bailey died July 4 at age 86. (Lance Murphey/Daily Memphian file)
David Waters
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
The lifelong Memphian and tireless advocate for Rozelle-Annesdale neighborhood avoided the spotlight.
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