There are 10 article(s) tagged Obituary:

• July 2025

  • Former mayor, sheriff Bill Morris dies at 92

    Former Shelby County Sheriff and Mayor Bill Morris, who died July 25 after a fall suffered several weeks before, shaped the lives of Memphians through his work over the past 50 years.

    By Jody Callahan July 27, 2025

  • Hulk Hogan learned the ropes of wrasslin’ in Memphis

    The platinum-blonde professional wrestler born Terry Bollea died July 24, but Memphis was where he became Hulk.

    By Mark Jordan, The Associated Press July 25, 2025

• March 2025

  • Memphis pastor Ricky Floyd remembered as ‘a true servant’

    Floyd’s shooting death early Wednesday, March 12, stunned those closest to him and the thousands of people in Memphis and across the country who followed the teachings of the Pursuit of God Church pastor.

    By Laura Testino March 15, 2025

• January 2025

  • Memphis musicians, Stax family remember the legendary Sam Moore

    Sam Moore, one half of the legendary duo Sam & Dave, died Friday at age 89. Memphis musicians and fellow Stax alumni eulogized Moore on Saturday.

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    By Jody Callahan January 12, 2025

• March 2024

  • John Stokes, a force at Morgan Keegan and in Memphis, dies at 86

    For decades starting in the early 1970s, Stokes was in charge of equity capital markets and the No. 2 at Morgan Keegan. 

    By Jane Roberts March 12, 2024

• March 2022

  • Marvis Kneeland Jones, one of the Memphis State 8, dies

    In 1959, after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education ruled segregation in schools to be unconstitutional, Jones was one of the first eight Black students to attend Memphis State University (now University of Memphis).

    By Julia Baker March 15, 2022

• May 2020

  • Former Memphis Showboats coach Pepper Rodgers has died

    Former Memphis Showboats coach Pepper Rodgers, who also led the local Canadian Football League franchise, died Thursday in Reston, Virginia.

    By Clay Bailey May 15, 2020

• January 2020

  • Public relations giant Harold Burson dies in Memphis at 98

    Burson-Marsteller public relations agency founder Harold Burson died in Memphis Friday, Jan. 10, at age 98.

    By Wayne Risher January 10, 2020

• September 2019

  • Guardsmark founder Ira Lipman dies in New York

    Ira A. Lipman, founder of the formerly Memphis-based private security firm Guardsmark, has died in New York City.

    By Wayne Risher September 17, 2019

  • Calkins: A Tennessee fan, his pitch-perfect obit, and the enduring power of sports

    A Tennessee fan's obituary said his only regret was that the Vols "predeceased" him. Here's how that obituary came to be — and why it highlights the best things about sports.

    By Geoff Calkins September 16, 2019