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Christmas Day baby brings joy to unlikely couple
Ask any question at all about his new baby and Dr. William Owens sounds like any other typical, doting father. Except for the fact that he is a 72-year-old retired educator and father of six grown children.
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Time to ‘forge ahead into the 21st century,’ says new leader of Baptist ministers
“…We don’t want to be just an organization of ministers, but we want to make a marked difference in our community.” – Dr. Roosevelt Joyner
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Hispanic festival gearing up with global-size plans
Memphis will be the international destination of 21 Latin American countries during the 2012 celebration of the National Hispanic Heritage Festival.
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‘Silver Star News is bigger than this building’
News of the early morning blaze that destroyed the Memphis Silver Star News spread almost as quickly as the fire, itself.
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Judge Hosea T. Lockard, 91, passes
Criminal Court Judge Hosea T. Lockard died Monday (Dec. 12) of natural causes, say family members. He was 91.
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Soulsville to honor Rufus Thomas
The Soulsville Foundation will remember Rufus Thomas next week on the 10th anniversary of his death.
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The legacy of Robert Stevenson Lewis Jr.
When Robert Stevenson Lewis Sr. first opened his funeral home at the corner of Beale and Fourth Streets in downtown Memphis, Robert Jr. was only five years old. The year was 1914.
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Baptist Ministers’ Wives Guild right on time with scholarships
Each year, The Baptist Ministers’ Wives Guild Scholarship Banquet honors students who show promise in their studies and exhibit a need for financial assistance.
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Outreach in Africa lands South Memphis connection
Dr. Kaia Naantaanbuu-Jones, president of The Memphis Kwanzaa Cultural, Health and Education Center on Elvis Presley, can look out the front door of the new center and see The Gambia.
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‘Tunicans’ vote yes to ‘progressive leadership’
“The Democratic slate was very successful in Tunica County,” said Melvin Young, executive director of Concerned Citizens For A Better Tunica County, Inc.
