memphis
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7th Child Victim of Memphis, Tenn., House Fire to Be Allowed to Die
The only survivor of a horrific house fire in Memphis, Tenn., will be taken off life support and allowed to die after doctors harvest his organs Wednesday, the boy’s father said, according to the Commercial Appeal. The father of little Cameron Hollingsworth, Ernest Jett Jr., said that it was decided that Cameron’s organs would be donated…
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9 Dead, Including 5 Children, After Horrific Memphis House Fire
Nine people died in a Monday-morning house fire that fire officials are calling Memphis, Tenn.’s deadliest fire in almost a century, the (Memphis) Commercial Appeal reports. According to the report, Memphis Fire Director Gina Sweat said that one child pulled from the home is still struggling to survive. Fire officials said that 10 people were in…
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4 Reasons Why Greenleaf Is the Show the Black Church Needs
Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers. Having worked in a black church for over 10 years, I think I can say without concern of successful contradiction that church folks can be petty. From disagreements over who will sing lead in the mass-choir musical to bickering about what color the toothpicks will be at the…
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Ruby Wilson, ‘Queen of Beale Street,’ Has Died at 68
Singer Ruby Wilson, the undisputed “Queen of Beale Street,” has died. Wilson passed Friday following a stroke, reports the Memphis Flyer, which describes her as a “one woman wall of sound.” She was 68 years old. According to the Flyer, Wilson was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and got her music skills honestly: Her mother was…
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Family of Darrius Stewart Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of Darrius Stewart, a black teen who was shot and killed by a Memphis, Tenn., police officer in the aftermath of a traffic stop, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, WREG reports. According to the news station, lawyers representing the family believe that a lawsuit is the only way to…
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Tenn. Mom Charged in Fatal Stabbing of 4 Kids Is Taken to Mental-Health Institution
A Tennessee mother who is facing charges of fatally stabbing four of her five children was taken to a mental-health institution after making a court appearance Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. Shanynthia Gardner, 29, allegedly cut the throats of four of her children—three girls and one boy, all under the age of 5—Friday. Her 7-year-old…
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Memphis, Tenn.-Area Mother Reportedly Stabs Her 4 Children to Death; Grandmother of Survivor Forgives Her
A Memphis, Tenn.-area woman faces four counts of first-degree murder associated with aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect for the stabbing deaths of four of her children on Friday. Commercial Appeal reports that deputies were called to the home of Shanynthia Gardner, 29, at 12:28 p.m. Friday in southeast Shelby County, Tenn. The nature…
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Tenn. Teen Offers to Carry Groceries in Exchange for Food, Receives Outpouring of Support
Chauncy Jones Black, 16, is well on his way to getting the help he needs to build a better life for himself since he approached a man at a Kroger store in Memphis, Tenn., earlier this month, asking to help carry the man’s groceries in exchange for food, Fox59 reports. Matt White told his friends…
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Memphis Teen Sold Newspapers for 5 Years so His Single Mom Wouldn’t Have to Pay His College Tuition
When 17-year-old Kevuntez King was just a preteen, he decided that not only was he going to college, but his mother, a single parent, wasn’t going to pay for it. “She just taught me how to be independent like she had it, [and] she just wanted me to go get it myself,” Kevuntez told Fox…