Aretha Franklin, who cast the first sounds from her wonderful voice in a South Memphis house, died Thursday, Aug. 16, at her home in Detroit, her publicist confirmed. She was 76. Her longtime publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn, said the legendary singer died from advanced pancreatic cancer. Earlier this week, word emerged that Ms. Franklin was in hospice care. 

2. Memphis Mayor's Office to Help Save Franklin's Birthplace - Friday, March 24, 2017

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – The Memphis mayor's office is pitching in to help figure out the future of the dilapidated house where soul singer Aretha Franklin was born, a lawyer said Thursday.

3. DIY Network to Aid Aretha Franklin Home - Saturday, February 25, 2017

The Memphis home where soul music legend Aretha Franklin was born may get some love from the DIY Network, officials said Thursday, Feb. 23.

Jeffrey Higgs, president of the LeMoyne-Owen College Community Development Corp., told a judge he has been in discussions with a producer at the remodeling and home improvement cable network on a plan to repair and move the house for one of its programs.

4. DIY Network to Aid Aretha Franklin Home - Friday, February 24, 2017

The Memphis home where soul music legend Aretha Franklin was born may get some love from the DIY Network, officials said Thursday, Feb. 23.

Jeffrey Higgs, president of the LeMoyne-Owen College Community Development Corp., told a judge he has been in discussions with a producer at the remodeling and home improvement cable network on a plan to repair and move the house for one of its programs.

5. Radio Station Plan Emerges for Aretha Franklin’s Birth Home - Monday, August 22, 2016

Aretha’s Franklin’s childhood home received another reprieve in Environmental Court.

The decrepit structure at 406 Lucy Ave. in South Memphis has been boarded up and left vacant for years. But reinvigorated development plans to save the house from a demolition order, by turning it into either a museum or a radio station, need more time.

6. Aretha Franklin’s Childhood Home Safe for Now - Friday, July 1, 2016

Aretha Franklin’s birthplace at 406 Lucy Ave. in South Memphis is getting an encore. Environmental Court Judge Larry Potter has suspended his demolition order for six weeks to give some breathing room to the LeMoyne-Owen College Community Development Corp.’s recently revived campaign to turn the house into a museum.

7. Time Running Out to Save Aretha Franklin’s Birth Home From Demolition - Monday, June 27, 2016

A local business owner has stepped up with $15,000 to save Aretha Franklin's birth home, but the effort may be too little too late.

The dilapidated house at 406 Lucy Ave. is headed for demolition unless a realistic and fully-funded plan emerges within the week, said Steve Barlow, an attorney with blight-fighting law firm Brewer & Barlow PLC.

8. Soulful Synergy - Saturday, December 7, 2013

What happened at the corner of McLemore Avenue and College Street in the 1960s is nothing short of extraordinary.

At the crossroads of segregated neighborhoods in South Memphis, two white business partners would open the doors wide to whites and blacks alike, who congregated to write and record songs that would set off a soul explosion heard around the world.

9. MEMFix Goes South - Thursday, October 10, 2013

Of the neighborhoods in which the Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team has been working to build retail and commercial trade, none has the amount of history, turmoil, potential and perception problems found in the two blocks east and west of Mississippi Boulevard and Walker Avenue.

10. Neighborhood Vitality - Saturday, August 24, 2013

The history at the Four-Way Restaurant is as rich and soulful as the food.

The walls of the South Memphis institution are decorated with photographs of politicians, athletes, entertainers, business leaders and civil rights icons – including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – who made the famous restaurant at Mississippi Boulevard and Walker Avenue a “home away from home.”

11. Soul Map - Monday, October 22, 2012

The Soulsville arrows beneath the Bellevue Boulevard railroad overpasses near Walker Avenue point north and south. It is the first indication that you are in an area where several possibilities can coexist.

12. Events Showcase Soulsville’s ‘Blank Canvas’ - Tuesday, October 16, 2012

A group of organizations working to bring to life the Soulsville community ended a busy weekend that is an indication of the area’s promise at about where the produce section was supposed to be in the Soulsville Towne Center supermarket.

13. In Search of an Oasis - Monday, August 2, 2010

Part of the path to inner-city recovery appears to run through a garden, or at least through the produce section of a supermarket. Nine farmers markets operate in various parts of Shelby County this summer, from Downtown to Collierville and places such as Germantown, Agricenter International and Cooper-Young in between.

14. Grocery, Health Clinic Among New Soulsville Tenants - Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Although the biggest vibrations in Soulsville come from heavy equipment right now, that will soon change when grocery shoppers will be able to prance through the aisles and pick out produce to the beat of old-school classics.

15. Not So Fast For Buehler Proposal - Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Shelby County Commissioners delayed action this week on the transfer of 140 parcels of tax delinquent property to developer Harold Buehler.

16. Coordinated Effort Sought To Save Musicians’ Homes - Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The childhood home of Aretha Franklin may already be on Soulsville’s wish list, but another structure on the campus of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music appears in need of more immediate attention.

17. Store Murder Makes Small Businesses, Community Wary - Tuesday, December 2, 2008

People who live and work in the community around LeMoyne-Owen College wonder if the person who killed Abdallah Assaedi last month is still in their midst.

The 42-year-old store clerk at Sam’s Food Market died after being shot during a Nov. 21 robbery. Business owners are taking extra precautions.

18. Grocery at Heart of Neighborhood’s Rebirth - Monday, October 27, 2008

The line starts forming before noon in the back of Williams Street Grocery & Deli, where the yams are sweet enough to save for last and the juice from the greens is good enough to sop up with a pancake of hot-water cornbread.

19. Towne Center Tenant Files Bankruptcy - Wednesday, October 22, 2008

As the economy tightened and credit dried up over the past several weeks, a South Memphis grocery store owner who is planning to open a new location in the mixed-use Towne Center at Soulsville hit a rough patch.

20. Financing in Place For Towne Center at Soulsville - Tuesday, May 20, 2008

915 E. McLemore Ave.
Memphis, TN 38106
Loan Amounts: $5.8 million; $1.5 million; $1.5 million

Loan Dates: May 5, 2008

Maturity Dates: N/A

Borrower: New Towne Center Inc.

21. Brinkley Heights Ministries To Expand Academy - Tuesday, April 8, 2008

3277 Macon Road
Memphis, TN 38122
Permit Cost: $2.4 million

Project Cost: $2.4 million

Permit Date: Applied March 2008

22. LeMoyne-Owen CDC To Build Center, Subdivision - Tuesday, April 1, 2008
     LeMoyne-Owen College Community Development Corp. (LOC-CDC) has applied for a $501,000 building permit for a lifestyle center and subdivision at 915 E. McLemore Ave.
     The lifestyle center

23. Bethel Named New VP Of COMEC Board - Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Greg Bethel has been named vice president of the board of directors of the Commission on Missing & Exploited Children (COMEC). Bethel is the director of human resources for the Jackson-Madison County School System in Jackson, Tenn. He's been on the board of directors for two years.

24. CDC Forms To Preserve Victorian Village - Monday, September 18, 2006

It's going to take a village to shore up - a village.

That's apparently the sentiment driving a group of people who want to breathe new life into Victorian Village, the historic cluster of stately mansions, 19th century homes and small businesses on the eastern edge of Downtown Memphis.

25. Archived Article: S. Memphis (lead) - Tuesday, June 1, 2004
ANDY MEEK

Soulsville Looks to Shine Once Again

City leaders work to restore South Memphis neighborhood

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

South Memphis community leaders have said the multimillion-dollar Stax Museum of American Soul Music is he...

26. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, July 31, 2002
Gail Spragins was named Methodist Healthcare director of associate relations in the human resources division

Gail Spragins was appointed Methodist Healthcare director of associate relations in the human resources division. She was director of org...

27. Archived Article: Real Briefs - Tuesday, April 30, 2002
In Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6 Memphis Bar Associations Young Lawyers Division presents Legal Lines from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Fox 13. The television station will air a ...

28. Archived Article: Real Focus - Tuesday, July 24, 2001
By JENNIFER MURLEY CDC builds residential development through community involvement By JENNIFER MURLEY The Daily News Two city blocks sandwiched between the site of the $20 million Stax Museum of American Soul Music and the $75 million, 40-acre rede...

29. Archived Article: Real Focus - Tuesday, June 12, 2001
The department of Housing and Urban Development announced last week during National Homeownership Week the creation of a new d HUD proposes third facet to down payment assistance plan By JENNIFER MURLEY The Daily News The department of Housing and U...