Calkins: I never met Roy Herron. He inspires me, just the same.
Roy Herron hugs and shakes hands with supporters with help from Wesley Warrilow, 2, after being defeated by Stephen Fincher for United States Representative on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, at the Elks Lodge in Dresden, Tennessee. (Katie Brake for The Jackson Sun/AP file)
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.
I never met Roy Herron. But I’m one of the thousands he touched. Herron — who died Sunday from injuries suffered in a Jet Ski accident earlier this month — left a legacy even more meaningful than his 26 years in public office. It’s a legacy of kindness, of showing up.
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