Calkins: A dog, his owner — and one wild & crazy parade
Cathy Bennett (top left) and daughter Camille Bennett (top right) wave to assisted living and skilled nursing residents from Trezevant Manor during a family parade on April 30, 2020. Residents from the Midtown retirement community have not seen family members since the facility went on lockdown due the COVID-19 outbreak. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Assisted living and skilled nursing residents from Trezevant Manor wave to family members, who paraded by them on April 30, 2020. Residents from the Midtown retirement community have not seen family members since the facility went on lockdown due the COVID-19 outbreak. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Trezevant Manor resident Jerry Williamson greets his dog, Chip, for the first time in months during a parade by family members on April 30, 2020. Residents from the Midtown retirement community have not seen family members since the facility went on lockdown due the COVID-19 outbreak. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Assisted living and skilled nursing residents from Trezevant Manor wave to family members, who paraded by them on April 30, 2020. Residents from the Midtown retirement community have not seen family members since the facility went on lockdown due the COVID-19 outbreak. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Assisted living and skilled nursing residents from Trezevant Manor wave to family members who paraded by them on April 30, 2020. Residents from the Midtown retirement community have not seen family members since the facility went on lockdown due the COVID-19 outbreak. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Assisted living and skilled nursing residents from Trezevant Manor wave to family members who paraded by them on April 30, 2020. Residents from the Midtown retirement community have not seen family members since the facility went on lockdown due the COVID-19 outbreak. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Assisted living and skilled nursing residence from Trezevant Manor wave to family members who paraded by them on April 30, 2020. Residents from the Midtown retirement community have not seen family members since the facility went on lockdown due the COVID-19 outbreak. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Assisted living and skilled nursing residents from Trezevant Manor wave to family members who paraded by them on April 30, 2020. Residents from the Midtown retirement community have not seen family members since the facility went on lockdown due the COVID-19 outbreak. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
You've seen the parades all over town, haven't you? For birthdays and elementary schools and the like? Well, they had one at Trezevant Manor Thursday. It was the happiest parade of them all.
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