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Resource Redistribution Ministry volunteer Jerry Burch loads his van with produce and other food donated by Costco on Wednesday, March 24, to be delivered to First United Methodist Church in Downtown Memphis. (Mark Weber/The West Tennessee News)

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Costco receiving manager Gloria Henley wheels frozen soups from the freezer to be donated to Resource Redistribution Ministry on Wednesday, March 24. (Mark Weber/The West Tennessee News)

ABIGAIL WARREN per week. Burch and church staff began The West Tennessee News unloading the food, and David Mullins, A ministry made up of volunteers is lim- who helps run the church’s food ministry iting waste in the community while help- with his wife, surveyed the delivery to see ing keep food pantries and soup kitchens what they could use then and what could stocked with more than canned goods. be frozen to serve later. Steve Hauck, one About five years ago, a Collierville Unit- of the many volunteers, said it is exciting to ed Methodist Church member was walking take the food to any center. He specifically through Costco and saw staff preparing to recalled a time he went to the Memphis throw out produce. He asked if he could Union Mission. take it instead. A supervisor agreed, but “They were putting it out on the tables there was one catch: Someone needed to to see what they have, and the gal that does pick it up daily. Then and there the concept the cooking was like a kid in a candy store,” for Resource Redistribution Ministry was he said, noting she had food she hadn’t born. RRM helps limit waste by taking food been able to cook with before. “There is just that isn’t sold and placing it where there the sparkle in the eyes.” is need. After volunteers collect the items Members of Collierville United Meth- from Costco or Trader Joe’s, RRM distrib- odist as well as some from Germantown Jerry Burch loads food donated by Costco onto a cart. He delivered the food to First United utes them to locations in Fayette, Shelby or United Methodist Church and Covenant Methodist Church in Downtown Memphis. (Mark Weber/The West Tennessee News) DeSoto counties. Those spots include soup United Methodist Church in Cordova are kitchens, food pantries and senior living involved in taking food from groceries facilities in varying sizes. straight to where they are needed. RRM, those soup kitchens and centers where the the food, but there wasn’t always enough On Wednesday, March 24, volunteer made up of volunteers, delivers to dozens of food is taken. The whole premise of the room, Hauck noted. He said the roomy re- Jerry Burch picked up a refrigerated van locations, and Hart is reaching out to more. ministry is based in John 6. After Jesus used frigerated vans bought with grant funding from Collierville United Methodist and Currently, Trader Joe’s and Costco are five loaves and two fish to feed 5,000 people, have blessed the ministry’s efforts. drove to Costco near Winchester and the primary businesses partnering with he told the disciples “Gather the pieces that Each day he is blown away with how the Hacks Cross. In addition to fruits and veg- the ministry. Soon RRM would like to are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” pieces form. “To me it’s amazing how its etables, the large store also had soups, make connections with more stores and “Let nothing be wasted” is placed un- come through. It seems to always work out. chicken pot pies, bagels, muffins, rolls and collect more food that would otherwise be derneath the bright green lettering on the We’ve never missed,” with the exception baguettes for him to take. scrapped. MIFA and MidSouth Food Bank refrigerated vans rolling through town. of recent snow that closed stores, he said. Once a week, Burch picks up the van take canned goods, but RRM’s focus is on “We are supposed to be the hands and The last two years, the ministry has col- and takes items from Costco to a place other items that would be discarded, and feet of Christ and that’s what we try to do,” lected more than 973,400 pounds, which specified by Tommy Hart, former Shelby Hart wants to rely on more stores. Hauck said, noting the work has continued equates to 730,000 meals, Hart said. Feed- County Commissioner and RRM presi- “We know the need is there and things to aid ministries and nonprofits. When it ing America estimates wholesale groceries dent. Wednesday he went Downtown to are going in the dumpster that could be launched, Hauck soon got involved but cost about $1.67 per pound. Based on that First United Methodist Church, where they utilized and so we are just trying to reach didn’t realize the scope. Volunteers would calculation, RRM has helped deliver about feed people without housing several days out to them,” said Hart Hart helps identify use SUVs and pickup trucks to transport $1.7 million worth of food for free. The West Tennessee News April 2-8, 2021 3 New funeral service finds sanctuary, savings in churches

got multiple visitation rooms, chapels. by that somebody wasn’t calling me that They’ve got limousines and celebrants and knows me from my City Council days who florists. “And so they’ve got to pay for that. says, ‘My mom is about to die, can you help That’s why they are more expensive. We me?’ “Prior to opening this place, I’d say, don’t have all those things and we’re able to ‘Sure, thanks for thinking about me. I’ve pass the savings on to the family,” he said. got two funeral homes nearby, one in Her- The arrangement can be a win-win- nando and one in Millington.’ Well, if they win for the family, the church and Taylor/ lived in East Memphis I might as well have McCarver. Families often want to hold the told them Cody, Wyoming, or Butte, Mon- visitation and service at the church where tana, because (for them) it’s too far away.” they feel most comfortable, spiritual and a Taylor coaxed out of retirement Paul strong sense of place. Churches often want McCarver of Germantown to be part of to provide their space and support to fami- the business with a minority interest. Mc- lies as a ministry as well as an opportunity Carver has worked in the funeral business to strengthen bonds and welcome new for more than 60 years. faces among the friends, relatives and other Taylor calculated Taylor/McCarver funeral-goers. would need to handle 20 funerals the first Taylor/McCarver can help lead a digni- year to break even. Turns out, the new East fied funeral service but with smaller over- Memphis business had handled 44 services head expenses, Taylor said. Sharing the its first six months. Brent Taylor, in front of his new Brent Taylor/Paul B. McCarver Funeral Services at 948 savings with families leads to even more The business led its first funeral service Reddoch Cove. He added the columns to make the small building in East Memphis look business. in September for the family of Dr. Bryan more like a funeral home. (Tom Bailey/The West Tennessee News) Taylor built relationships and name Jackson. The Memphis surgeon was killed TOM BAILEY 2,150-square-foot converted residence that recognition as a Memphis City Council Sept. 11 when the plane he was flying The West Tennessee News previously housed an insurance company. member from 1995 to 2007, and serving crashed near Jackson, Tennessee. A funeral business offering Chevrolet- Grieving families go to Taylor/McCarver on the County Commission in 2011-12. He’s Jackson’s uncle, construction company level service recently opened next to the Funeral Directors to make one simple de- been on the Election Commission since owner Brad King, first approached a larg- Cadillac dealership in East Memphis. cision: Do they want the $7,000, the $8,000 2019. The Republican ran for Congress in er funeral home to make arrangements, Or as owner Brent Taylor describes his or the $9,000 funeral? 2002, winning what he wryly describes as but it was booked for two weeks. That fu- funeral business at 948 Reddoch Cove, di- After that, the next time they see a Tay- a “participation trophy.” Meanwhile, he’s neral home referred King to Taylor’s new rectly behind Blue Plate Café: lor/McCarver funeral director will be at the also been expanding his funeral business, business, especially knowing the family “We’d be more like the Hampton Inn church. “We conduct the service at the per- Brentwood Funeral Services. planned to hold the service for nearly 1,000 compared to the Ritz-Carlton. You get a son’s church or gravesite,” Taylor said.“The Taylor bought Hernando Funeral Home people at Ellendale Baptist Church. clean, comfortable room at an affordable way we’re able to do it less expensively is in 2004, followed by Munford Funeral King has developed some funeral ex- price.” Nothing wrong with the higher Ritz we don’t have visitation rooms. We don’t Homes in Munford and Millington, the Hel- pertise the past decade because relatives room rates considering all the amenities, have large-scale chapels. We don’t have a en Crigger Cemetery in Munford, Newsom or friends have asked him to handle the ar- the former Memphis City Councilman says, big funeral home campus here that we’re Funeral Home in Charleston, Mississippi, rangements and logistics for about a dozen but if you don’t plan to use the spa, the trying to maintain… Kimbro Funeral Home in Marks, Miss., and funerals. All of those services were held at fine-dining restaurant or posh conference “If somebody is looking for a dignified Greater Jackson Mortuary Service in Jack- a church. Taylor/McCarver Funeral Direc- rooms, why pay for them even indirectly? service at their church and a visitation a son, Mississippi. He also started 10 years tors may not be for someone not affiliated Opening six months ago was Brent few hours before the service, we can do all ago Nu-Way Funeral & Cremation Services, with a church, King said. “Everything was Taylor/Paul B. McCarver Funeral Direc- that for $7,000, $8,000 or $9,000.” providing a $745 cremation for families of the best of any funeral home I have worked tors, which provides no chapel, no visita- Taylor says he means no disrespect to limited means. with,” King recalled. “A lot of Christians tion room, no limousines, and no catering. the big funeral homes. “They’ve got beauti- “One of the reasons I started (Taylor/ funeral continued on P7 There’s not enough room. The building is a ful campuses, beautiful buildings. They’ve McCarver) is there wasn’t a week that went Memphis’ KangaZoo is now open

ALLYSON BROWN would do.” Which means Steve, The West Tennessee News age 4 1/2, could hop over and The Memphis Zoo is now introduce himself, says Arianna home to more animals from the Montoya-Garcia, one of the kan- land down under. garoo keepers. It now has 20 red kangaroos The new exhibit does have a in its KangaZoo: 17 adults and surcharge: $4 for members and four juveniles. And the new ex- $5 for non-members. “When you hibit is open — wide open. walk into the exhibit, you will “So, as you come into the be greeted by an exhibit guide exhibit, one of the first things who will give you some tips on that you will notice, the kanga- the best way to interact with the roos are free ranging,” said Matt animals,” Thompson said. Thompson, the Deputy Director The red kangaroos are al- of the Memphis Zoo. ready used to people; they are “They kind of go wherever actually privately owned and on they want. The idea is for our loan to the zoo. The exhibit will visitors to come in and kind of be open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. walk around the exhibit and ob- every day. It will stay open until serve kangaroos doing what they Oct. 31. Two kangaroos lounge in the sun in their new enclosure at the Memphis Zoo March 26, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/The West Tennessee News) 4 April 2-8, 2021 The West Tennessee News Last 2 crew members FAYETTE • TIPTON • MADISON

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(From left) Christopher Sembroski, 41, Hayley Arceneaux, 29, St. Jude childhood cancer survivor and physician assistant there, Dr. Sian Proctor 51, of Phoenix, and Jared Isaacman, Public Records entrepreneur and crew lead. (Submitted) JANE ROBERTS reach the stars, especially through some- The West Tennessee News thing as simple as supporting St. Jude,” The two remaining crew members in said Sembroski. & Notices the Inspiration4 space mission benefit- He will serve as the mission special- ting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospi- ist and will help manage payload, science View a complete tal were named this morning on NBC’s experiments and communications to mis- “Today” show. sion control. day’s public records Dr. Sian Proctor from Phoenix and The mission name Inspiration4 rec- Christopher Sembroski of Everett, Wash- ognizes the four-person crew’s purpose and notices. ington will join Jared Isaacman, founder – to send a humanitarian message of pos- and CEO of Shift4 Payments who will sibility and inspire support for St. Jude – command the flight, and Hayley Arce- and represents the pillars of Leadership, neaux, 29, a physician assistant at the Hope, Generosity and Prosperity. hospital and one of thousands of its child- The crew could blast off as early as hood cancer survivors. late September from NASA’s Kennedy Proctor, 51, an entrepreneur, com- Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX munity college professor and activist for Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket. space exploration, was selected as the They will circle the globe, more than 335 top entrant of an independently judged miles above Earth in a mission expected online business competition that attract- to last three days. ed approximately 200 entries and was Elon Musk’s SpaceX will monitor the conducted by the eCommerce platform journey from its mission control station. Shift4Shop. The actual orbital flight will be on Musk’s According to St. Jude, Proctor is a life- Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience, which long explorer who was born in Guam. She made its second trip last November, with is also a geoscientist and pilot who was a four astronauts, to the International finalist in the NASA astronaut-selection Space Station. process in 2009. Shortly after the “Today” announce- “This opportunity is proof that hard ment, Musk lost his fourth Starship space-

Powered by work and perseverance can pay off in ship prototype in a launch from Texas. www.memphisdailynews.com unimaginable ways,” she said in a state- Like the three others, it exploded before ment. “I have always believed that I was landing. preparing for something special, and that It’s Musk’s dream that SpaceX will al- moment has arrived with Inspiration4.” low space travel for ordinary people, in- She will serve as the mission pilot and cluding to the moon and Mars. back up the commander with support- SpaceX has been delivering cargo to related needs throughout the mission. the International Space Station since Sembroski, 41, contributed to a spe- 2012. Last November, it launched four cial fund-raising campaign for St. Jude astronauts, who are still there. In April, it that offered an Inspiration4 seat to a lucky plans to launch another crew and bring donor out of more than 72,000 entries. its first one home. He is employed at Lockheed Martin Inspiration4 is the first time a crew of and is a U.S. Air Force veteran. civilians will have orbited in space. A friend of his was actually chosen but “I think we’re trying to deliver an awful SUBSCRIBE TODAY FOR OUR FREE REPORT! could not go. lot of messages with this mission,” Isaac- “Although I’ve been fortunate to have man said in a YouTube video that went spent years in the aerospace industry, I chandlerreports.com never imagined having the opportunity to space continued on P7 The West Tennessee News April 2-8, 2021 5

Resort, water park planned for old Harrah’s Tunica site

TOM BAILEY in a release. Plano, Texas-based The West Tennessee News Aimbridge Hospitality will man- The former Harrah’s Tunica age the resort. Resort will undergo a $140 mil- The first phase of the project lion redevelopment as a fam- will include portions of the water ily entertainment venue with no park, expected to be completed gambling. in late summer 2022. The re- Tunica Hospitality & Enter- sort will employ more than 650 tainment on Wednesday, March people when it is completed, and 31, announced that the project will include: will include construction of a Two separate hotel towers 20-acre water park, youth sports totaling 1,168 guest rooms; a complex, renovation of two ho- 50,000-square-foot convention tels, a convention center, a spa center; an 18,000-square-foot and salon, a 100-acre private lake, spa and salon; a 100-acre private a “family fun center” with video lake with fishing and boating; a arcade, a sporting clay and hunt- 37,000-square-foot “Adult Fun ing center, a recreational vehicle Center;” a sporting clay and hunt- park, a boardwalk with dining, ing center on 750 acres; an RV retail, and entertainment ven- park with 200 RV spaces; a youth ues, and renovation of an 18-hole sports complex; the 20-acre wa- golf course. terpark; a boardwalk with din- “This property is truly one- ing, retail, and live music enter- of-a-kind, and we believe add- tainment venues; and the golf ing an amazing water park and course renovation led by noted other family-friendly amenities golf course architect Rees Jones. will enhance our guests’ expe- In 2014, Caesars Entertain- rience and create a destination ment, in bankruptcy, closed for all age groups in this region the former casino resort that and beyond,” co-developer Tom once employed 1,000 people. The DeMuth, managing director of sprawling gambling resort had Summit Smith Development, said opened in 1996. The former Harrah's Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. The casino closed its doors in 2014. (The West Tennessee News) AutoZone milestone: 30 years without pumping brakes on stock prices

proceeds in general operations, according to the International Directory of Company Histories. The share price grew dramati- cally over the next five months, fueled by the company’s rapid growth and financial prospects. In September of 1992, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts announced plans to sell another 3.2 million shares to increase liquidity and reduce stock price fluctuations. AutoZone (stock symbol AZO) continued to grow throughout the 1990s, opening its 1,000th store in 1995. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts sold its ownership stake in the company, by then down to 13%, in 1998. By 1999, Hyde had divested his major- ity interest in the company he founded, although he remained on board as a top executive. In its early years, AutoZone focused heavily on selling auto parts to do- it-yourself mechanics, who made up the core of its customer base. Tim Vierengel, a senior analyst at Northcoast Research, said that focus has shifted of late. While there has been a surge in the do-it-yourself AutoZone’s headquarters stands in Downtown Memphis in 2018. The company’s stock has been on a 30-year climb. business during the COVID-19 pandemic, (Patrick Lantrip/The West Tennessee News) AutoZone has been trending more toward serving professional mechanics. BLAKE FONTENAY skipped up to $7.34 per share. Even the earlier. At the time of the initial public of- “Over the last three years, AutoZone The West Tennessee News closing price then was a comparative bar- fering, the Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has made a concentrated effort to expand AutoZone Inc. officially went public on gain. At the close of business Wednesday, investment firm retained ownership of into the brands that mechanics want,” Vi- April Fool’s Day, 1991. March 31, on the eve of the company’s 30th 68% of the company. The company’s man- erengel said. “They are growing their com- But the people who must really feel like anniversary as a publicly traded company, agers and former managers retained a 22% mercial business at a 15 to 20% rate over fools were the investors who didn’t try to the stock closed at a price of $1,404.30 per ownership stake. the last several years.” buy every share of the company’s stock share. So the initial 3.2 million shares sold to While the do-it-yourself market was they could when the New York Stock Ex- The company, formerly known as Auto the public represented only a 10% stake. once the company’s bread and butter, change opened the next day. AutoZone’s Shack, had started with a single auto parts The initial public offering helped re- Vierengel said “the growth trajectory stock started trading April 2, 1991, at $6.88 store opened by founder J.R. “Pitt” Hyde III duce the company’s bank and mortgage per share. By the closing bell, the price had in Forrest City, Arkansas, about 12 years debt and allowed it to invest some of the autozone continued on P7 6 April 2-8, 2021 The West Tennessee News

during the first quarter the va- that are getting done in Mem- ‘last-mile’ distribution centers cancy rate for industrial space phis,” Conrad said. Still, North that don’t require taller, modern Memphis heat: dropped to 5%, and the asking Mississippi does tend to draw a ceiling heights.” rent rose to $3.46 per square foot. lot of the bigger new construc- More investors also are bet- The first-quarter report in- tion projects. As those buildings ting on the Memphis industrial cluded an unusual observation: are completed later this year, the market by buying uildings. Industrial 58% of the lease transactions oc- stats will likely shift in favor of “Partially driving this are curred on the Tennessee side of the Mississippi counties again, large institutions looking to in- the state line rather than Missis- Conrad indicated. crease their exposure to indus- sippi’s DeSoto, Fayette and Mar- “That’s where a lot of the trial real estate or get into the property gets shall counties. 800,000- and 1 million-square- sector for the first time,” the re- That’s unusual because Mis- foot buildings are being deliv- port states. sissippi’s more abundant, green- ered,” he said. However, three de- “With office, retail, and hotel field spaces combined with the velopers are now building specu- somewhat out of vogue due to even hotter state’s liberal public incentives lative logistics buildings in Mem- COVID, current demand in ex- have helped those counties in phis “to tap into the momentum cess of supply and the cost of cap- recent years attract more new that we are seeing,” Conrad said. ital at an all-time low, we expect TOM BAILEY firm reported. And 2020 was the industrial deals than Shelby They are building spec struc- increased competition for indus- The West Tennessee News second-strongest year the report County. “I think typically there is tures “because of some of the trial assets,” the report states. A strong demand for indus- has ever recorded for industrial more transaction momentum in trends toward wanting to be The document names the trial real estate in the Memphis real estate. Mississippi,” Conrad said. closer to the airport, closer to the quarter’s “key” lease transactions area grew even stronger during “And there are several more “Unlike a lot of major indus- intermodal, closer to more dense as: 5000 E. Raines Road, where the first three months of 2021, (lease deals) that are imminent trial markets, we do have a big labor, public transportation for ThyssenKrupp Supply Chain re- according to Cushman & Wake- that will probably be complet- chunk of our market in Missis- labor, that kind of thing,” Con- newed and expanded to 515,106 field/Commercial Advisors. ed” in the next week or two, said sippi and a big chunk of the mar- rad said. Those spec developers square feet; 4400 Quality Drive, Nineteen leases totaling 2.5 Kemp Conrad, a principal with ket is in Tennessee. And so that’s now in Memphis are Exeter, TPA where Unis signed a new lease million square feet were signed Commercial Advisors. always a question that comes up Group and Robinson Weeks. for 474,000 square feet; again at in the first quarter, reported the In January through March, with developers and also with Even the older, smaller ware- 5000 E. Raines, where Premier firm’s Marketbeat report. The net absorption totaled 3.2 million large occupiers: Which one is bet- houses in the city’s vast Southeast Packaging signed a new lease for average size of the leases was square feet. ter, who has the better incentives, industrial district are in higher 346,147 square feet; 6070-6100 132,000 square feet. Net absorption is the total the better labor… “I think there’s demand. Shelby Drive, where IDEXX Labo- To put that into perspective, new space leased minus the total a bit of misnomer that all the new The report states, “As pro- ratories renewed and expanded the number of deals completed space that tenants vacated. deals are always in North Missis- longed high demand has raised its lease for 240,000 square feet; during the first quarter of this The amount of net absorp- sippi and very few are done in the prices and reduced choices in 1901 Behnke, where Nickey Ware- year already amounts to 68% tion last year did not surpass Southeast submarket of Mem- the strongest submarkets, older house renewed for 167,839 square of all deals made in 2020, the 3.2 million square feet until the phis. We just think it’s an impor- warehouses in secondary sub- feet; and 6200 Global, where commercial real estate broker- third quarter. The Commercial tant point to make: That there markets are seeing increased Ubiquiti signed a new lease for age, advisory and management Advisors report also states that are lot of important transactions leasing activity, especially from 161,000 square feet.

in Downtown and putting a new organization bought the 96-year- roof on the Cannon Center for the old storefront property on Sum- MyCityRides hires Performing Arts. mer that last housed Leather- The scooter’s $3,240 price tag wood Motorcycle Works and, is full retail. But participants can before that, Al’s Honda. lease them for what is essentially The complex of four, attached like-minded Nickson interest-free payments over three buildings totals 19,000 square years through payroll deducti feet and is on 2 acres. ons with participating em- That’s room enough for a ployers. After three years, the showroom, test training, ware- contractors to build “Flyer,” as the organization calls housing and even an outdoor rid- its customers, own the motor ing area for training. Fundraising scooter. for the $3 million headquarters So far, 22 employers including included $1.8 million through headquarters the City of Memphis, Crosstown individual gifts, augmented by Arts, Muddy’s Bake Shop, South- a $750,000 grant from the Assisi ern College of Optometry, The Foundation of Memphis. The As- TOM BAILEY residents to get construction based in much smaller space in UPS Store and Trezevant Manor sisi donation includes a $250,000 The West Tennessee News jobs. The other co-founder, Oc- a strip shopping center at 376 N. are enrolled in the payroll deduc- matching grant. “We thought MyCityRides has raised more tavius Nickson, is especially em- Cleveland. “When Andy showed tion program. that was an incredible vote of than $2.5 million toward its $3 pathetic to MyCityRides’ mission. up at our office and started tell- As a nonprofit, MyCityRide’s confidence in the project and My- million project to build a new When he was 18 or 19, he ing me they sell these scooters charity kicks in through a litany CityRides,” Klein said of the Assisi headquarters on Summer Av- routinely walked 3.5 hours from at such minimum cost to these of free extras that the organiza- grant. Construction documents enue, and hired a construc- his apartment home in nearby folks to get them back and forth tion provides. They include train- for the new headquarters should tion firm that is a kindred soul. Binghampton to a warehouse to work, it was like an immediate ing, licensing, safety gear, insur- be completed by the end of April, Nickson General Contractors job at Nike in Southeast Mem- synergy between what was close ance and maintenance. and work would start soon after will renovate the old complex of phis. “One of the most difficult to our hearts about MyCityRides has sold or permits are obtained, Nix said. buildings at 3155 Summer for the things for me was transporta- what we believe,” Hendrix leased 285 motor scooters in its The renovation project nonprofit that promotes motor tion to and from work,” Nickson said. “And at the same time they first three years, and calculates should take nine months to com- scooters as inexpensive transpor- recalled. “… So I understand the wanted to do it at a location that it needs to have about 1,000 Fly- plete, Hendrix said. But Nickson tation for low-income workers. importance when they explained was extremely important to us,” ers enrolled in the program at any General Contractors already has The six-year-old construction the program. I just thought it was he said. “(Octavius) grew up in one time to become a sustainable provided helpful ideas for reduc- firm not only is headquartered the most amazing thing I’d ever apartments in Binghampton and organization. ing construction costs, Nix said. just a mile to the east at 3195 heard.” MyCityRides’ mission is me and my family lived there for In April, the organization For example, the exterior of Summer, its co-founders share to address transportation chal- over a decade. This area means will celebrate the first two Fly- the renovated building will be MyCityRides’ vision for invest- lenges like the one that Nickson so much to us.” ers to complete the three years of clad in metal panels with MyCity- ing in and embracing the Sum- once faced, executive director Nickson General Contractors payroll deductions and become Rides’ colors of distinctive orange mer Avenue corridor and its mix Andy Nix said, adding, “That’s may be a young firm, but it has owners of their motor scoot- and blue hues. of incomes. exactly – exactly – what we are quickly built a solid portfolio. ers. Others will follow through- Buying the panels in those Nickson co-founder Chris talking about.” Six months ago it finished work out the year. The goal this year custom colors would add about Hendrix worked nearly 12 years MyCityRides is a nonprofit remodeling part of City Hall, is to add 100 to 200 Flyers into $45,000 to their cost, Hendrix for the nearby Binghampton dealership that sells or leases- including finally stopping the the program, and about 250 a said. Instead, the plan is to or- Community Development Corp. to-own only the SYM Fiddle III, stubborn roof leak over the City year in subsequent years, said der panels in the standard white as that nonprofit’s construc- a 169cc motor scooter. The three- Council chamber. Now, the firm Megan Klein, director of Flyer color and paint them in the sig- tion trades manager, training year-old organization is now is renovating the Cossitt Library operations. Last October, the nature orange and blue. Week of 4/5/21 - 4/11/21

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funeral continued from P3 The Weekly Crossword by Margie E. Burke that attend church… are going to have they get here to make arrangements and ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 their funeral and visitation at the church get back to the house friends and every- Not quite right 1 14 15 16 and don’t need the funeral home facilities. body are bringing food,” Taylor said. 6 Fencing sword They just need someone to prepare the “And they haven’t had the opportunity 10 Burglar's take 17 18 19 14 Two make a body and casket, the program and have the to get to Walmart or the grocery store to 20 21 22 death certificate.” Melanie Robbins knows get plates and all that kind of thing,” he diameter 15 Wartime partner 23 24 the Taylor family from attending the same said. “So we give a starter set of all of that 16 Gawk at church, Trinity Baptist in Cordova. so they can feed all the people showing up 17 Market indicator 25 26 27 28 Robbins’ 86-year-old mother-in-law at their house.” 18 Here or there 29 30 31 32 33 34 died in Los Alamos, New Mexico, on Feb. 20 Theater back- 26, and the family planned to transport her drop 35 36 37 38 space continued from P4 22 One taking remains back to Memphis for a funeral and 39 40 41 42 43 44 orders burial and use the funeral insurance her live Tuesday morning. “It is the first time 23 ____ to rest 45 46 47 in-laws had bought with another funeral that a global superpower has sent people 24 Suede outfit? 48 49 50 51 service. When complications emerged over up into orbital space. And I think that 25 Joshua tree the power of attorney and from “getting the should send a message of all the things habitat 52 53 54 55 56 28 Old West run-around,” Robbins contacted Taylor. to come, right? We know someday in the 57 58 59 “He said, ‘We can take care of all of that. future - 50, 100 years from now - you’re chasers Caribou kin 60 61 62 Give me the policy number.’ He took it over going to have a lunar base at some point. 29 30 Branch of and was able to take that big load off our You’re going to probably have some sort philosophy 63 64 65 minds,” Robbins said. Robbins also recalled of Martian colony, but you have to start 35 Animal house? Copyright 2021 by The Puzzle Syndicate meaningful, personal gestures Taylor made somewhere. 37 Polished off while personally guiding her mother-in- “I think when you know this mission 38 "Star Wars" 2 Place to trade 36 Answer 50 Comedian's job law’s visitation and services, also held at is complete, people are going to look at captain 3 Anagram for 40 Excavation find 51 Smelling of suds Ellendale Baptist. When time came to close it and say it was the first time everyday 39 Scatter among aide 41 Like OR 53 Like bachelor 44 It paves the way 4 Unattached instruments parties the casket, Taylor asked her father-in-law if people could go to space. That’s impor- 45 Arrive, as dark- 5 One way to 42 "Quit it!" 54 Word after gray he’d like to help tuck the cloth into the cas- tant, right, because when you think about ness pitch 43 Printing error or play ket. Taylor also asked if the widower would it, you do have a better chance of get- 46 School-skipper 6 Lightened (up) 47 Still too green 55 It may be pitched like to help lower the casket top. “Very ting struck by lightning then becoming 48 Desk accessory 7 Story element 48 Refine, as ore 56 Circular current compassionate,” Robbins said. “Brent did a NASA astronaut. This has to eventually 51 Word in a Lady 8 Colonnade tree 49 Bocelli, for one 58 Lend a hand it and it meant a lot to me.” Taylor focused open up to more people,” Isaacman said. Gaga film title 9 Optical solution 52 Elie Wiesel's 10 Part of a pope's long and hard about where to put a kind Since the Inspiration4 campaign with "Night" is one title Answers to Last Week's Crossword: of funeral service that would be new to the St. Jude was announced in early February, 53 Split up 11 Playing marble Memphis area. He asked Boyle Investment the campaign has raised approximately 57 Pronounce 12 Worrier's worry S M O G G E E S E S P A N Co. to search for a space somewhere east of $113 million for the hospital, including distinctly 13 Suspicious H A U L E L V E S P A N E Mendenhall, north of Park, south of Walnut $100 million Isaacman donated. 59 Tuckered out 19 O'Keeffe subject A N T E C E D E N T O N T O R O G E R E N T E R T A I N Grove and west of Germantown Parkway. The crew will receive emergency pre- 60 End of a winning 21 Place to build streak 24 Hard drinker P R O C E S S R O O M But the environment and look of the paredness training, beginning Wednes- 61 Tall tale teller 25 Supermarket L A T T E R S N A C K space would be important, too. He con- day, March 31, with spacesuit and space- 62 Flip over section A S S U M E D A L E H U E cluded that putting a funeral service in a craft ingress and egress exercises, as well 63 Genealogy 26 Sparkle B L O B E L E G Y P A T E shopping center or upstairs in an office as partial- and full-mission simulations. diagram 27 Comedy routine L O P T R I M M A R T E N building would be “too big of a leap” for The mission is expected to raise $200 64 On pins and 28 WeekCommunion of 4/5/21plate E T- 4/11/21H O S D A P P L E O P A L S H I N G L E families to make. Then Boyle’s Jonathan million for the hospital. needles 31 Snouted critter Substantial Teensy bit C A M E R A S H Y B A R O N Aur found the small building on Reddoch. News of the mission was broadcast 65 32 33 Reunion bunch A N O N S T I C K I T O U T Taylor thought it was just right, especially to the nation in a 30-second Super Bowl DOWN 34 Database S E R E S U S H I A P S E after he made minor alterations. “I really ad on Feb. 7, which raised more than $1 1 Cultural pursuits command E W E R O N S E T L E E R zeroed in on this location because you can million within 90 minutes of airing, the tell if you look out front, it looks like a fu- hospital said. neral home,” he said. The key exterior reno- autozone continued from P5 vation Taylor made was to add columns to SUDOKU Edited by Margie E. Burke the front porch to give the building a more Difficulty: Easy stately look. changed.” Vierengel said AutoZone seems HOW TO SOLVE: The building houses a few offices for to be poised to continue on that trajectory 1 Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must the staff led by manager/funeral director as well. “They’re doing all the right things,” contain the numbers 1 to 9; and Mark Ballard and Chris Thomas, director of Vierengel said. “They’re investing in the 4 7 8 each set of 3 by 3 boxes must family services. Thomas is a former Probate right infrastructure to get parts to the me- contain the numbers 1 to 9. Court clerk.The space also houses a lobby, chanics when they need them.” 6 3 4 9 two small conference rooms, and a small However, it’s getting tougher for pri- 3 5 2 Answers to Last Week’s Sudoku: showroom with a dozen coffin fragments vate investors to buy the company’s stock. 1 7 3 6 2 4 9 8 5 large enough for a family to envision what AutoZone launched a stock repurchas- 9 2 8 9 5 1 3 6 7 4 they are buying.For example, the Baron 185 ing program in 1998. Since then, the com- 6 4 5 9 7 8 2 3 1 is among the four choices for the $7,000 fu- pany’s board of directors has authorized 1 7 8 9 3 5 9 8 2 3 1 7 4 6 neral, the Spencer is among those for the the repurchase of more than $26 billion 5 8 4 1 6 7 8 9 5 2 3 $8,000 funeral, and the Edson 1614 is in the worth of stock, including about $1.5 bil- 7 3 2 4 6 5 8 1 9 group of four caskets for the $9,000 funeral. lion last month. “This is a company that’s 9 3 1 The type of vault is paired with each price really good about returning money to its 3 2 7 1 9 6 4 5 8 package, too. Of the 44 services that Taylor/ shareholders,” Vierengel said about the 4 7 6 8 6 4 3 5 2 1 9 7 McCarver had handled since September, stock buyback program. Copyright 2021 by The Puzzle Syndicate 9 5 1 8 4 7 3 6 2 most families chose the $8,000 package. And, in so many words, company of- No matter which package families pick, ficials have said they’re not just fooling all receive: The mortuary services that are around. “AutoZone’s continued strong provided at one of Taylor’s suburban fu- financial performance allows us to grow neral homes; a funeral director to handle our business, return meaningful amounts the same-day visitation and service at the of cash to our shareholders and maintain family’s church or graveside; both a slide- our investment grade credit ratings,” Ja- show of the deceased and a framed portrait mere Jackson, the company’s chief finan- for the visitation; personalized notecards cial officer and executive vice president the family can send to visitors; and the for finance and store development, said guest registry. The families even receive a in a news release about the most recent large bag filled with napkins, paper towels, stock buyback. disposable cups, paper plates and plastic “We remain committed to our disci- utensils for when their house fills with plined capital allocation policy to drive friends paying their respects. “A lot of times growth and enhance shareholder returns death happens so quickly, that by the time while maintaining adequate liquidity.”

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margin, South 88 degrees 35 minutes is due and payable at the conclusion Tipton County, Tennessee, will be sold U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433. 00 seconds West 150.00 feet to the of the auction in the form of a certifi ed to the highest call bidder subject to all This property is being sold with the Foreclosure Notices point of beginning as surveyed by Randy check made payable to or endorsed to unpaid taxes, prior liens and encum- express reservation that the sale is Madison County Green of Construction Layout Service, P. Padgett Law Group. No personal checks brances of record: subject to confi rmation by the lender O. Box 421, Milan, Tennessee, 38358, will be accepted. To this end, you must Lot 28, Munford Estates, Section A or trustee. If the sale is set aside and containing 1.00 Acres. bring suffi cient funds to outbid the lender as recorded in Plat Cabinet B, Slides for any reason, the Purchaser at the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF The last deed of record is a Warranty and any other bidders. Insuffi cient funds 71 and 72 in the Register`s Offi ce of sale shall be entitled only to a return SALE Deed recorded in BK D608, PG 286 on will not be accepted. Amounts received Tipton County, Tennessee, to which of the purchase price. The Purchaser Sale at public auction will be on April 5/18/2000 in the Register of Deeds in excess of the winning bid will be plat reference is hereby made for a shall have no further recourse against 22, 2021, at or about 10:00 AM, local Offi ce for Madison County, TN. refunded to the successful purchaser more particular description of said the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the time, at the north entrance to the Madi- Street Address: The street address of at the time the foreclosure deed is property. Mortgagee’s attorney. son County Courthouse, 100 East Main the property is believed to be 1588 Old delivered. Being situated in the 6th Civil District MWZM File No. 18-001087-670-4 Street, Jackson, TN 38301, pursuant Humboldt Road, Humboldt, TN 38343, This property is being sold with the and being more particularly described Mackie Wolf Zientz & Mann, P.C., to the Deed of Trust executed by Jill but such address is not part of the legal express reservation that the sale is as follows: Substitute Trustee(s) DeLoach Wright, and husband, Jeffrey description of the property. In the event subject to confi rmation by the lender or Beginning at a found rebar in the south COOL SPRINGS COMMONS E. Wright, to Wallace Moroney, Esq., as of any discrepancy, the legal description trustee. This sale may be rescinded by ROW line of Ridgecrest Drive (60 foot SUITE 273 Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registra- herein shall control. the Substitute Trustee at any time. wide ROW) being 561.12 feet west 7100 COMMERCE WAY tion Systems, Inc. as nominee for USAA Map/Parcel Number: 028 020.03 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT of the centerline of Tipton Road and BRENTWOOD, TN 37027 Federal Savings Bank dated March 4, Current owner(s) of Record: Jill Deloach A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION being the northwest corner of Lot 27 TN INVESTORS PAGE: HTTP://MWZM- 2005, and recorded in T1654, Page Wright and husband, Jeffrey E. Wright, OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT and the northeast corner of Lot 28; LAW.COM/TN_INVESTORS.PHP 159, in the Register’s Offi ce for Madison as tenants by the entirety PURPOSE. thence South 36 deg. 39 min. 20 Mar. 26, Apr. 2, 9, 2021 FQN14700 County, Tennessee (“Deed of Trust”), This sale is subject to all matters shown Padgett Law Group sec. East along the line dividing Lot conducted by Padgett Law Group, having on any applicable recorded Plat or Plan; Substitute Trustee 27 and Lot 28, a distance of 175.60 been appointed Substitute Trustee, all of any unpaid taxes and assessments; any 6267 Old Water Oak Road feet to a found iron post in the west record in the Madison County Register’s restrictive covenants, easements or Suite 203 line of the Munford Church of Christ Court Notices Offi ce. Default in the performance of setback lines that may be applicable; Tallahassee, FL 32312 Property being the southwest corner the covenants, terms, and conditions rights of redemption, equity, statutory (850) 422-2520 (telephone) of Lot 27, also being the southeast of said Deed of Trust has been made; or otherwise, not otherwise waived (850) 422-2567 (facsimile) corner of Lot 28; thence South 32 and the entire indebtedness has been in the Deed of Trust, including rights [email protected] deg. 31 min. 27 sec. West, along ORDER OF PUBLICATION declared due and payable. of redemption of any government PLG# 19-007948-1 the west line of the Church Property, IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF Party entitled to enforce the debt: Ne- agency, state or federal; and any and Mar. 19, 26, Apr. 2, 2021 Fqn14706 a distance of 116.92 feet to a found SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE wRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage all prior deeds of trust, liens, dues, iron post being the southeast corner No. CH-21-0325-1 Servicing assessments, encumbrances, defects, of Lot 29, also being the southwest IN RE: CHRISTOPHER ZION HUDSON, Other interested parties: United Guar- adverse claims and other matters that corner of Lot 28; thence North 36 deg. (DOB: January 7, 2021), anty Residential Insurance Company of may take priority over the Deed of Trust Foreclosure Notices 39 min. 20 sec. West, along the line A Minor, North Carolina upon which this foreclosure sale is dividing Lot 28 and Lot 29, a distance HANNAH’S HOPE UNITED METHOD- The hereinafter described real property conducted or are not extinguished by Tipton County of 229.69 feet to a found rebar in the IST ADOPTION AND PREGNANCY located in Madison County will be sold this Foreclosure Sale. south ROW line of Ridgecrest Drive COUNSELING, to the highest call bidder subject to all THE PROPERTY IS SOLD WITHOUT ANY being the Northeast corner of Lot Petitioner, unpaid taxes, prior liens, and encum- REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 29, also being the northwest corner vs. brances of record: EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, RELATING Sale at public auction will be on May of Lot 28; thence North 59 deg. 53 ANY UNKNOWN FATHER, Legal Description: BEGINNING at an TO TITLE, MARKETABILITY OF TITLE, 18, 2021 on or about 10:00AM local min. 04 sec. East, along the south Respondent. iron pin in the Southwest corner of the POSSESSION, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR time, at the North door of the Tipton ROW line of Ridgecrest Drive, a dis- It appearing from the sworn petition herein described tract, said pin being THE LIKE AND FITNESS FOR A GENERAL County Courthouse, 1 Pleasant Ave tance of 110.00 feet to the point of for termination of parental rights fi led on the Northern margin of Old Humboldt OR PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. Covington, TN 38019, conducted by beginning and containing 0.51 Acres, in this cause, that the whereabouts of Road (30 feet from centerline) and being The title is believed to be good, but the the Substitute Trustee as identifi ed more or less. Respondent, Any Unknown Father, are located North 86 degrees 04 minutes undersigned will sell and convey only as and set forth herein below, pursuant Subject to subdivision restrictions, unknown and cannot be ascertained 35 seconds East 574.64 feet from Substitute Trustee. to Deed of Trust executed by ALAN B. and building lines and easements of upon diligent inquiry. Respondent is Harry DeLoach`s Southwest corner, runs The right is reserved to adjourn the sale RETTIG, to Monte S. Connell, Trustee, record in Plat Cabinet B, Slides 71 & as an African American male about thence, North 7 degrees 47 minutes 25 to another time certain or to another day, on November 21, 2000, at Record 72, in the Tipton County Register`s 5’0” tall, thin build, with brown eyes, seconds East 294.00 feet to an iron pin; time, and place certain, without further Book 920, Page 928-936 as Instru- Offi ce. and dark brown dreadlocked hair. He Thence, North 88 degrees 35 minutes publication upon announcement on the ment No. 2221 in the real property Being the same property conveyed has a goatee and wears eyeglasses. 00 seconds East 150.00 feet to an day, time, and place of sale set forth records of Tipton County Register’s to Alan B. Rettig by Warranty Deed Conception of the minor child occurred iron pin; Thence, South 7 degrees 47 above or any subsequent adjourned day, Offi ce, Tennessee. from Frank S. St. Clair and Nancy in Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee, and minutes 25 seconds West 294.00 feet time, and place of sale. Owner of Debt: PHH MORTGAGE COR- M. St. Clair being of record in Book the child was born in Jackson, Madison to an iron pin on the Northern margin of If you purchase a property at the fore- PORATION 920, Page 925 in the Tipton County County, Tennessee. said road; Thence, generally with said closure sale, the entire purchase price The following real estate located in Register`s Offi ce. It is therefore ordered that Respon- Tax ID: 112F A 01700 000 dent, Any Unknown Father, make his Current Owner(s) of Property: ALAN appearance herein at the Chancery B. RETTIG Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, The street address of the above de- 140 Adams Avenue, Memphis, Tennes- scribed property is believed to be 117 see on Friday, the 4th day of June 2021, Ridgecrest Dr, Munford, TN 38058, but at 9:00 a.m. and answer petitioner’s such address is not part of the legal petition for termination of parental description of the property sold herein rights or the same will be taken for and in the event of any discrepancy, confessed as to Respondent and this the legal description referenced herein cause proceeded with ex parte, and that shall control. a copy of this order be published once SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) a week for four consecutive weeks in RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. The West Tennessee News of Jackson, THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN Madison County, Tennessee. THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER This 30th day of March, 2021. DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITH- CHANCERY COURT OF SHELBY OUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON AN- COUNTY NOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE By: s/Kat Minton FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE Meredith Brasfi eld, #31418 TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH. ANY TAXES WEAVER & CRAIG, P.C. OR FEES WILL BE THE RESPONSIBIL- Attorneys for Petitioner ITY OF THE PURCHASER. IF THE SALE 51 Germantown Court, Suite 112 IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE Cordova, Tennessee 38018 PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE (901) 757-1700 ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE kevinweaver @aol.com PURCHASE PRICE. THE PURCHASER Apr. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2021 Cqn14711 SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: TEN- Misc. Notices NESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT LEGAL NOTICE A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION Notice is hereby given that on Monday OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT April 12, 2021 U-Haul, will be offering PURPOSE. for sale under the judicial lien process, If applicable, the notice requirements of by storageauctions.com the following T.C.A. 35-5-101 have been met. storage units, the goods to be sold All right of equity of redemption, statu- are generally described as household tory and otherwise, and homestead are goods. The terms of the sale are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, CASH ONLY. u-haul reserves the right but the undersigned will sell and convey to refuse any and all bids, the auction only as Substitute Trustee. will start at approximately 10:00a.m. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, following is a list of rooms to be sold, the State of Tennessee Department of 732 old hickory blvd. danyelle russell Revenue, or the State of Tennessee De- #1187, shea crump #1094, winston partment of Labor or Workforce Devel- perkins #1038, latoya love vaughn opment are listed as Interested Parties #1155, 173 airways blvd.angela burton in the advertisement, then the Notice of #1104, robert wynne #1142, johnny this foreclosure is being given to them cox #1163 . and the Sale will be subject to the ap- U-haul Co. plicable governmental entities’ right to Apr. 2, 2021 Mqn14710 redeem the property as required by 26