It's hard to imagine a Memphis household that wasn't affected in some way, large (employment) or small (the Grizzlies), by FedEx founder Fred Smith.

Michael “Mike” Lee Emery, 74, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 21, 2025. Born in Shelby, NC, he was the husband of Karen Hamrick Emery and son of the late Horace Emery and Daisy Pearson ...

Shirley Ann Mason Schilling, age 89, of Buckhannon, WV, died Sunday, June 22, 2025, at WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital in ...

The founder of AutoZone says Fred Smith shared his FedEx vision with him in Memphis when on leave from the Marines in the 1960s.