Collierville fire chief retiring after four decades
Fire Chief Buddy Billings is retiring from the Collierville Fire Department in July. Billings has been with the fire department since he was 19 years old serving over four decades with the department. (Houston Cofield/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Buddy Billings remembers when Collierville was less than 4,000 people. After 44 years, he’s ending his career in the town he loves.
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Abigail Warren
Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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