Emphasis: Commercial Real Estate

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February 26-March 3, 2016, Vol. 9, Issue 9
Emphasis:
Commercial
Real Estate
A look at the performance
of real estate sectors with a
closer look at retail, which
will see some rare, large
vacancies along the Poplar
corridor including the Sears
in Laurelwood shopping
center. Pages 14-16
SHELBY
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FAYETTE
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TIPTON
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•
MADISON
CONCESSIONS
Germantown finally gives
approval to mixed-use
project P. 12
•
LUTTRELL
DECISION
MATA
WOES
Choice may
alter 2018
mayoral
race P. 6
Strickland
mum on more
money for bus
system P. 11
•
The Moving Election
The 2016 presidential primaries come to Tennessee P. 20
•
FINDING A PACE
New-look Grizz not grinding
as much, seeking answers on
defensive end P. 23
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DIGEST: PAGES 2-5
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ARTS: PAGE 8
| REAL ESTATE RECAP: PAGE 12 |
FINANCIAL: PAGE 18
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EDITORIAL: PAGE 38
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Mueller Buys Interest In
South Korean Manufacturer
Memphis-based Mueller Industries Inc.
has bought a 60 percent equity interest in
a South Korean manufacturer of copperbased pipe joining products.
Mueller manufactures copper and copper alloy tubing, fittings, valves and other
items used in plumbing and HVAC systems.
It also makes the goods from aluminum,
steel and plastics.
Mueller announced the purchase Friday,
Feb. 19, of the interest in Jungwoo Metal Ind.
Co. Ltd. Jungwoo’s headquarters is in Seoul
and the company has a global reach with
its products.
Mueller, in a Securities and Exchange
Commission filing Friday, said it expected
to close the deal in the first quarter of 2016
pending regulatory approval in South Korea.
– Bill Dries
U of M Athletics Reaches
New Five-Year Radio Deal
University of Memphis Athletics and
Learfield’s Tiger Sports Network have agreed
to a new five-year partnership with Rock 103
(WEGR-FM 102.7) and WREC-AM 600.
The two stations, which are owned by
iHeartMedia, will provide coverage of Tiger
sports in the greater Memphis area. Through
the 2020-21 athletic season the stations will
carry football and men’s basketball game
broadcasts, as well as football and basketball
coaches’ shows.
“iHeartMedia Memphis is proud to
continue working with and broadcasting
Memphis Athletics,” said Morgan D. Bohannon, area president. “We enjoy working with
Learfield and Memphis Athletics and look
forward to broadcasting Tiger athletics for
many years to come.”
The partnerships between Memphis
Athletics and iHeartMedia are managed
by Tiger Sports Properties, a property of
Learfield, which oversees all aspects related to Memphis Athletics’ rights, including
Memphis Tiger Sports Network.
– Don Wade
“Having and disseminating an antiharassment policy does not satisfy federal
prohibitions against sexual harassment,”
said EEOC Regional Attorney Faye Williams
in a written statement. “Employers must
also enforce it. … An unenforced policy is
tantamount to having no policy at all.”
The lawsuit alleged a hostile work environment by the general manager and a bar
manager.
The consent decree includes sexual harassment training, installation of workplace
cameras, other monitoring of the workplace
and a notice of the settlement to be posted
in the Winchester Road restaurant.
– Bill Dries
Memphis Cheddar’s Settles
Sexual Harassment Claim
The owner of a Memphis Cheddar’s
Casual Cafe restaurant has agreed to pay 15
workers at the restaurant at 7684 Winchester
Road a total of $450,000 to resolve a sexual
harassment complaint against the owner of
the business.
The terms of the settlement are in a
consent decree approved Friday, Feb. 19,
by U.S. District Judge John T. Fowlkes. The
consent decree resolves a lawsuit filed in
September by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Mint Julep
Restaurant Operations LLC.
The lawsuit claimed sexual harassment
by managers of the restaurant that continued and persisted despite complaints
by those being harassed to leaders of the
company.
Study: Smarter to Buy Than
Rent in Shelby County
It’s a good time to buy in Shelby County,
according to a recent study from SmartAsset.
In looking at Tennessee’s major counties,
Shelby County came in at No. 6 as one of the
best markets to own a home.
The average monthly rent is $1,219 while
the average monthly mortgage payments
are $488. With an average home price of
$120,388, a Shelby County homeowner
would break even, or recuperate the upfront
costs of buying a home, within 2.5 years.
– Madeline Faber
Lauderdale County Gets
New Car Parts Factory
TransLoc Needs Beta Testers
For Memphis Rider App
FAIST Light Metals will open a new $3.1
million plant in Ripley, Tenn., that will create
30 new jobs in Lauderdale County.
Tennessee Economic and Community
Development Commissioner Randy Boyd
announced the new plant Monday, Feb. 22.
FAIST, which has its headquarters in
Italy, makes automotive components and
has two other North American locations.
The company also bought a
65,000-square-foot facility in Ripley for
future growth.
Lauderdale County’s non-seasonally
adjusted unemployment rate for December
2015 was 9.2 percent compared to a 5.3 percent for the state.
Transportation technology firm TransLoc is recruiting beta testers the TransLoc
Rider with Uber app that’s being piloted by
Memphis Area Transit Authority.
MATA is one of two agencies to pilot
the updated app, which lets users plot the
optimal route to their destination, including
a combination of public transit, Uber and
walking. If a trip includes Uber, users can
hail and book the ride with one click.
By helping riders get to and from transit,
the app aims to remove one of the biggest
barriers to public transit: the distance to and
from the stop.
“This beta program is an opportunity for
us to learn how we can improve the experience of transit for riders,” said Alex Gibson,
– Bill Dries
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TransLoc product manager. “Community
feedback will play a crucial role in helping
us reach this goal.”
The Rider app is available for the iOS and
Android platforms. Beta testers – who can
sign up at hub.transloc.com/uber – will have
the opportunity to provide feedback to the
development team in exchange for swag and
promos from TransLoc and Uber.
– Kate Simone
Haslam Endorses Rubio
In Tennessee Primary
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has endorsed Republican presidential contender
Marco Rubio in advance of the Tuesday,
March 1, Tennessee primaries.
In a statement released Thursday morning, Feb. 25, by the Rubio campaign, Haslam
talked about the need for a Republican
presidential nominee who can win in the
November general election.
“To win in November, conservatives
need a candidate who inspires Americans
from all backgrounds,” Haslam said. “With
Marco standing next to Hillary Clinton on a
debate stage, the choice between the future
and the past will be clear to every American.”
Haslam’s endorsement comes at the
start of a crucial week for such endorsements.
U.S. Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob
Corker said last week that they anticipated
appeals by several of the Republican contenders this week seeking their endorsements.
Neither had made an endorsement in
the primary race at press time.
Rubio is trying to position himself as the
consensus party establishment candidate.
The recent history of the Tennessee
presidential primary shows a gap between
who Republicans select and who is backed
by the party establishment.
Mitt Romney was the state party establishment’s candidate in the 2012 primary
and the eventual presidential nominee. But
rival Rick Santorum carried Shelby County
and the state in that year’s Republican presidential primary.
In 2008, John McCain was the nominee
and the choice of the state party’s establishment. But Mike Huckabee carried Shelby
County and the state in the primary.
Meanwhile, other presidential contenders continue to add Tennessee dates to their
campaign calendars.
Republican candidate Dr. Ben Carson
has added a Sunday, Feb. 28, visit to Alpha
Omega Veterans Services Inc. in Memphis
after attending services at Highpoint Church
in East Memphis.
GOP rivals John Kasich and Donald
Trump have already scheduled campaign
stops. Trump holds a rally Saturday, Feb. 27,
at the Millington Jetport and Kasich holds a
town hall meeting Friday evening, Feb. 26,
at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton scheduled a Sunday, Feb. 28,
event in Nashville.
– Bill Dries
Memphis Among Top Cities
For Female-Led Firms
Nashville and Chattanooga have been
ranked the two best cities in the country for
women-owned businesses, and Memphis
comes in at No. 4 in a nationwide analysis
released Monday. The rankings come from
financial website WalletHub, which looked
at the business climate for female-led firms
in the 100 most-populated areas in the
country.
The Nashville Davidson County Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the
cities of Franklin and Murfreesboro, topped
the list as the overall best place for a woman
to start a business. The survey didn't say
why Tennessee's cities fared so well in the
analysis. Knoxville and its surrounding area
also came in at No. 15.
A recent study by American Express
showed there are an estimated 9.4 million
female-owned business in the country.
– The Associated Press
Noah’s Event Venue Closes
On Memphis Location
Noah’s Event Venue is moving forward
with its first Tennessee location.
The national wedding and event venue
company closed on a 2.5-acre parcel of land
at 3210 Players Club Parkway. In a Feb. 5
warranty deed, Rockwell Memphis LLC sold
the land for $1.4 million to Noah’s Event
Venue, acting as Four Brothers Plus One, Inc.
Construction on the 8,700-square-foot
facility is expected to begin in April with a
February 2017 opening.
– Madeline Faber
Diversified Trust Promotes
Principals Clark and Davis
EdR Reports 34 Pct. Drop
In Fourth-Quarter Earnings
EdR wrapped up the fourth quarter of
2015 with an increase in funds from operations but a sharp drop in net income.
The Memphis-based real estate investment trust on Monday, Feb. 22, reported Q4
net income of $14.8 million, or 27 cents per
share. That’s a 34 percent decrease from Q4
2015, when net income was $22.4 million, or
47 cents per share.
Core funds from operations came in
at $32.7 million, or 61 cents per share, for
the quarter. That compares to core FFO of
$28.9 million, or 60 cents per share, in the
year-ago period.
Net income for full-year 2015 was $19.9
million, or 40 cents per diluted share, compared to $47.1 million, or $1.09 per share,
in 2014.
In an earnings release, EdR said its two
acquisitions and four ground-up developments delivered in 2015 were offset by higher
ground lease expense, corporate general and
administrative costs and interest expense.
The new communities total $208 million
in development and $58.5 million in acquisitions, growing EdR’s assets by 14 percent.
The coming year will see several more
developments, with EdR selected to build
student housing for Michigan State University, Texas State University, Cornell University and Shepherd University.
In January, EdR announced plans to sell
5.5 million shares of common stock in an un-
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derwritten public offering. EdR, which is one
of the nation’s largest owners, developers
and managers of collegiate housing, priced
the stock at $35.50 per share to the public
and granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 825,000 additional
shares of common stock.
The sale, which closed Jan. 19, raised
more than $215.1 million.
“2015 was a productive and successful
year for EdR,” said Randy Churchey, EdR’s
chairman and CEO, in a statement. “Twice
near year end, we accessed favorable equity
markets to strengthen our capital structure,
improving balance sheet metrics and positioning the company to take advantage of
the many additional growth opportunities
we are seeing that will continue to drive
shareholder value."
– Madeline Faber
Former Louisville Mayor
To Keynote RegionSmart
A council of mayors from the Memphis
region will hold a summit in Memphis April
28 that will include the White House director
of intergovernmental affairs, who also is a
five-term mayor of Louisville, Ky.
Jerry Abramson, who is also a deputy
assistant to President Barack Obama, will
be the keynote speaker at the RegionSmart
event convened by the Urban Land Institute
at the Halloran Centre, 203 S. Main St.
In the position, Abramson oversees the
Obama administration’s relationship and
programs with state and local governments.
Diversified Trust, a Southeast-based
comprehensive wealth management firm
with over $5 billion in client assets, has
promoted two professionals.
Jo Len Clark has been named a principal, and Jay Davis has been named vice
president.
Clark has been with Diversified Trust
for 15 years and serves as a member of the
client service team. Her responsibilities include overseeing client administration and
reporting in the Memphis office, and she
leads account administration and services
firm-wide.
Davis is primarily responsible for dayto-day accounting and treasury functions.
He also oversees preparation of monthly
financial statements and other reports in
accordance with senior management needs.
– Andy Meek
Page Confirmed As Tenn.
Supreme Court Justice
The Tennessee General Assembly met
in joint session Monday, Feb. 22, to approve
Roger Page, of Medina, Tenn., as the newest
justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Page’s confirmation was the Legislature’s first approval of a governor’s nominee
for the state’s highest court under a newly
enacted state law that gives the Legislature
confirmation power over all appellate court
appointees.
Tennessee voters approved an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution in 2014
establishing the confirmation power. But the
Legislature just approved a specific process
for confirmation in this year’s session of the
General Assembly.
Page comes to the Tennessee Supreme
Court from the state Court of Criminal Appeals.
– Bill Dries
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The daylong session from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m. is one of six times during the year that
the Mid-South Mayor’s Council will meet to
discuss a specific topic.
The April 28 gathering is to discuss regional collaboration.
Abramson is a former lieutenant governor of Kentucky and before that was mayor
of Louisville for 21 years. Abramson’s terms
as mayor included the consolidation of
Louisville government into a metro form of
government starting in 2003.
The Daily News is a sponsor of the RegionSmart summit.
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– Bill Dries
FedEx St. Jude Classic
Tickets Now on Sale
The annual PGA Tour stop, the FedEx St.
Jude Classic, returns to Memphis on June
6-12 at TPC Southwind, and tickets are now
on sale.
Defending champion Fabian Gomez is
expected to return to Memphis. Last year
he held off Phil Mickelson to win the title.
Since then, Gomez has won the Sony Open
and currently is in the Top 10 of the FedEx
Cup standings.
Tickets may be purchased by calling 901748-0534, or by going to stjudeclassic.com.
– Don Wade
Memphis Chamber to Host
‘State of Small Business’
The Greater Memphis Chamber and its
Construction is underway at the Old Dominick Distillery, located at 301 Front St. When it opens to the public later this
year, the distillery will brew and bottle two kinds of vodkas and three kinds of whiskey. Planned for the 1920s warehouse
are two tasting rooms, a rooftop patio, restaurant and retail area in addition to best-in-class distillery infrastructure.
The distillery is being developed by D. Canale & Co., a Memphis family with several generations in the food and beverage
industries. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
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Small Business Council are hosting a State
of Small Business event next week at the
Crescent Club.
The goal of the March 1 event, from 7
a.m. to 9:30 a.m., will be to share expert advice on the resources small-business owners
can access to succeed, and also to hear from
seasoned small-business owners about their
experiences.
The speaker lineup includes Greater
Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil
Trenary; Duncan-Williams Inc. president
Duncan Williams; Independent Bank cochairman and president Susan Stephenson;
Chism Hardy Investments LLC president
and CEO Carolyn Hardy; EPIcenter president Leslie Smith; Clarion Security president
Kim Heathcott; and Rory Thomas, executive
director of the Tennessee Small Business
Development Center.
The event is $35 for members and $40 for
prospective members. To register, contact
Lauren Loeb at lloeb@memphischamber.
com or visit memphischamber.com.
– Andy Meek
Former Memphis QB Lynch
Set for NFL Combine
Paxton Lynch, the former University
of Memphis quarterback who set school
records for single season passing yards and
passing touchdowns and who helped lead
Memphis to 19 wins over the past two seasons, will participate in the NFL Combine
that begins this week at Lucas Oil Stadium
in Indianapolis.
The quarterback portion of the combine
will be held Saturday, Feb. 27, beginning at
8 a.m. CST and will be carried live on the
NFL Network.
In 2015, Lynch passed for 3,775 yards and
28 touchdowns and completed 66.8 percent
(296-of-443) of his pass attempts with just
four interceptions. He started at quarterback
for Memphis for three seasons, wrapping
up his career with 8,865 passing yards and
59 passing touchdowns. One of 12 finalists
for the Manning Award, Lynch was also a
first-team, all-American Athletic Conference
honoree last season.
The Deltona, Fla., native decided to
declare for the NFL Draft, which will be
held April 28-30 at the Auditorium Theatre
in Chicago, after guiding Memphis to a
second straight bowl appearance. He is attempting to become the third Tiger drafted
in two seasons and the fourth since 2014.
Memphis had two players drafted last year
(Bobby McCain, fifth round, Dolphins, and
Martin Ifedi, seventh round, Rams). Defensive lineman Dontari Poe who, like Lynch,
decided to bypass his senior season, was the
last Tiger drafted in the first round when he
was drafted 11th overall by the Kansas City
Chiefs in 2012.
– Don Wade
Tennessee Business Filings
Up 7.2 Percent in Q4
New business filings in Tennessee
rose 7.2 percent in the fourth quarter of
2015 compared to 2014, a sign the state’s
economy is continuing to grow.
The Division of Business Services recorded more than 30,000 new entity filings
in 2015, including 7,712 in the fourth quarter, according to the Tennessee Quarterly
Business and Economic Indicators report.
The report covers a variety of business data
including new business data from the Division of Business Services. It is published
through a partnership with Secretary of
State Tre Hargett and the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Center for Business and
Economic Research.
“Our state economy continues to have
a positive outlook every time we pull this
data,” Hargett said. “It’s obvious more and
more businesses are choosing Tennessee.”
Davidson County recorded 1,692 new
business filings, followed by Shelby County
with 1,299 filings.
Tennessee’s unemployment rate fell to
5.6 percent in December, down from 6.6
percent in December 2014.
– Terry Hollahan
Shelby Farms Zip Line
Returns March 5
Five zip lines, two “Tarzan” swings and
41 treetop obstacles are set to open March 5
in Shelby Farms Park for the second season
of the Treetop Adventure Course.
The zip lines, swings and 40-foot-high
course offer a two- to three-hour experience
in the forest canopy of the park.
The course was developed by the company Go Ape and the Shelby Farms Park
Conservancy for a variety of skill levels.
It also offers a view from 40 feet up of the
park, including its forest canopy.
The adventure course can be booked
with reservations and the physical location
is at 500 N. Pine Lake Drive.
Bill to End Newspaper
Notice Requirement Fails
A proposal to allow legal notices to be
published online instead of in printed newspapers has failed in a Senate committee.
The measure, sponsored by Republican
Sen. Todd Gardenhire of Chattanooga, did
not receive a motion in the State and Local Government Committee on Tuesday,
Feb. 23.
Gardenhire said the measure was
brought to him by city and county mayors.
It would have given the electronic notice
the same legal effect as one published in a
newspaper.
Open government groups and newspapers have opposed the proposed change in
the past because of concerns that the notices
would be harder to find and because not
everyone has access to the Internet.
– The Associated Press
First Tennessee Continues
Strong Giving Efforts in 2015
2015 was another banner year for First
Tennessee's volunteer efforts.
In addition to hundreds of employees
volunteering thousands of service hours
to area nonprofit organizations, the First
Tennessee Foundation donated almost $6
million to nonprofits in the bank’s communities.
Almost 650 First Tennessee employees
recorded 17,997 volunteer service hours
at 3,142 events over the course of the year,
with those volunteer hours translating into
a community impact value of $415,190.
The bank's employee efforts are supported
through leadership grants and matching
gifts programs.
First Tennessee had 329 employees
in West Tennessee who recorded 4,893
volunteer hours for more than 175 area
organizations.
In 2015, total foundation giving reached
nearly $6 million through grants to 525
nonprofit organizations. More than 100
nonprofits received leadership grants totaling $80,000, while more than $450,000
in matching grants was distributed to 340
nonprofits.
Since its inception in 1993, the First Tennessee Foundation has donated more than
$65 million.
– Andy Meek
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Bring It Food Hub Taking
Summer Subscriptions
Memphis-based Bring It Food Hub is
taking summer subscriptions for its community-supported agriculture program.
The nonprofit Bring It Food Hub culls
together fresh fruits and vegetables from
more than a dozen surrounding farms and
delivers the boxes to community locations
for individual pickup.
The 2016 summer subscription will run
18 weeks – May 3 through Sept. 2 – with the
option of signing up for all three months or
just one or two. Boxes contain anywhere
between five to 10 different fruits and vegetables and come in two sizes – the Classic,
for $20 each, and the Deluxe, for $35 each.
Last summer saw more than 310 CSA
shares per week.
Individuals also can donate to the organization’s Pay It Forward program, which
delivers fresh produce to food-insecure
homes. Every $20 donation delivers one
week’s worth of produce.
For more information, visit bringitfoodhub.com.
– Madeline Faber
Grizz Holding One-Day Sale
For Deals on March Games
The Memphis Grizzlies will have a oneday-only deal that only comes once every
four years – Grizz’s Leap Year Deal – where
fans can get select tickets to all March home
games for up to 29 percent off regular prices.
The offer goes live on Monday, Feb. 29,
at 10 a.m. and lasts through midnight (while
supplies last). Grizz’s Leap Year Deal tickets
can be purchased by calling 1-800-4NBATIX, visiting Grizzlies.com, at all Ticketmaster locations or the FedExForum Box Office
(based on availability).
The Grizzlies’ home slate for March
includes eight home games – all against
Western Conference opponents – and
includes the final home matchups against
the San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers
and New Orleans Pelicans. Once March tips
off, the Grizzlies 2015-16 regular season will
close with only 11 more home games, eight
of which are in March.
Mount Grizzmore collectibles #3 and #4
are up for grabs to the first 4,000 fans at the
March 4 contest vs. Utah (Zach Randolph)
and the April 5 contest vs. Chicago (Marc
Gasol).
– Bill Dries
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someone to fill the rest of Luttrell’s term as
mayor – to the end of August 2018.
That’s about a year and a half for a mayor
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell made appointed by the county commission, and
a few stops between his first thought this nothing in the charter says they have to appoint one of their own.
month that he might want to run
There would at least be discusfor Congress and going public with
sion among the commissioners
those thoughts Tuesday, Feb. 23.
about whether they should appoint
Among the stops were some
someone who will be running for
of the other contenders who have
the office in 2018. If they did, it
already declared in the August
would give that person a considRepublican primary for the 8th
erable advantage to run from the
Congressional District.
mayor’s office.
There are five from Shelby
The 2018 election cycle includes
County: former U.S. Attorney LUTTRELL
the regularly scheduled elections
David Kustoff, Shelby County
Commissioner Steve Basar, former Shelby for all 13 seats on the county commission as
County Commissioner George Flinn, state well as county mayor. It also includes races
Sen. Brian Kelsey and County Register Tom for every countywide position with a fouryear term except General Sessions Court
Leatherwood.
Candidates are already lining up for Clerk, which is the only countywide office
county mayor in 2018 when Luttrell will be up for election this year.
There is recent experience with the vaterm-limited from seeking a third term in
cancy provisions of the county charter.
the office.
When Shelby County Mayor A C WharTrustee David Lenoir and Shelby County
Commission chairman Terry Roland are ton resigned to become Memphis mayor in
already preparing to run in the Republican 2009, county commission chairwoman Joyce
Avery became interim mayor for 45 days. The
primary.
The preparation by Luttrell is an indica- commission then chose one of its own – comtion of what a catalyst such a decision by a missioner Joe Ford – to fill the remainder of
sitting mayor can be on other political races. Wharton’s tenure as county mayor which was
The surprise decision just announced up at the end of August 2010.
Ford was selected based on his pledge
Feb. 1 by incumbent 8th District Congressman Stephen Fincher to not seek re-election that he would not run for Shelby County maythis year has created political bombshell or in the 2010 elections. Despite the pledge he
that has overshadowed to some degree the ran anyway and won the Democratic primary
before losing in the 2010 general election to
presidential primaries.
“I am very, very seriously considering it,” Luttrell, who was the Republican nominee.
Luttrell isn’t the first local mayor to have
Luttrell told The Daily News Tuesday as he
was traveling in Washington, D.C. for an an- congressional ambitions or ambitions for
nual national convention of county elected other elected office.
Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton
officials. “I have to give a lot of consideration
to my personal situation. I will make a deci- followed his July 2009 resignation as mayor
with a bid for the 9th Congressional District
sion in the next week.”
seat, losing to Democratic incumbent Steve
There are a lot of “what if”s.”
But it’s a scenario many ambitious po- Cohen in the 2010 primary.
Former Memphis Mayor Walter Chandler
liticos down the line from the congressional
came to the mayor’s office after serving in
race are already considering.
Under the terms of the Shelby County Congress.
Memphis Mayor E.H. Crump had been
charter, if there is a vacancy in the office of
county mayor, the chairman of the County out of the mayor’s office a good while, but
Commission becomes the acting or interim still controlled the county’s politics – and for
a time the state’s – when he was elected to
mayor.
And the interim mayor is prohibited from two terms in Congress in the 1930s. Crump’s
exercising the powers of his or her office on biography and his papers later revealed that
he didn’t care for the legislative branch comthe commission.
The remaining members of the County pared to the executive branch.
Shelby County Mayor Bill Morris, the
Commission then have 45 days after the
chairman becomes the interim mayor to longest-serving of the five elected county
appoint someone to serve as county mayor mayors at 16 years in office, ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for Tennesuntil the next countywide election.
So, if Luttrell gets into the GOP primary see governor in 1994.
Like Luttrell, Morris came to the county
in August and if he wins there and then wins
the November general election, he would mayor’s office after having served as Shelby
take office as the 8th District congressman County Sheriff.
Luttrell came directly from two terms as
in January 2017.
Whoever the county commission selects sheriff to the county mayor’s office.
Jim Rout is the only one of those five
as chairman effective Sept. 1, 2016 would
become interim county mayor, while the county mayors to have served as a county
other 12 member of the commission select commissioner.
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POLITICS
Corker and Alexander Say Next President
Should Fill Supreme Court Vacancy
Bill Dries
U.S. Sens. Lamar Alexander
and Bob Corker told Shelby County
Republicans over the weekend
that they favor the next president
appointing the successor to the
late U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Antonin Scalia.
“That would give the American
people a voice,” Alexander said
before he and Corker spoke Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Shelby County
Republican Party’s annual Lincoln
Day Gala.
Alexander says a delay in the
appointment would make Scalia’s
successor an issue in the presidential election.
“The Constitution gives the
president the right to nominate.
It gives the Senate the right to
consent or not,” Alexander said of
President Barack Obama’s plan to
nominate a justice before he leaves
office at the end of the year.
Corker told those in the audience of more than 500, “There’s no
way a left-leaning judge is going on
the Supreme Court this year.”
When Scalia died Feb. 13,
Corker and Alexander each responded with condolences and
said nothing about filling the
vacancy.
The local Republican party’s
largest annual fundraiser came
as the South Carolina Republican
primaries were being decided.
And many of those in the crowd
were following the results on social
media.
Neither Corker nor Alexander
indicated who they might endorse,
if anyone, in the March 1 Tennessee presidential primary. Both
expressed some disapproval of
the televised forums and debates
among the GOP contenders.
Alexander likened it to watching the “mud wrestling channel.”
Corker urged Republicans to
acknowledge that a “wealth gap”
in the nation’s recovery from the
worst economic downturn since
the Great Depression is a legitimate national issue.
“The fact is the Republican
Party – we’ve got to agree there is a
wealth gap in this country,” Corker
said. “There are people today who
don’t have a vision of the future
that says their children will have a
U.S. Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander say the next
President should nominate a successor to the late Supreme Court
Justice Antonin Scalia. Both spoke at the Feb. 20 Lincoln Day Gala
of the Shelby County Republican Party. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
better quality of life than what they
now have.
“I want a nominee who’s willing to lay out a vision and bring
people together around it that
will make sure people all over our
country have the ability to improve
their lives,” he added. “We’re not
talking much about that right
now.”
The coming Tennessee presi-
dential primary was an undercurrent among the one-on-one campaigning and networking that goes
on at the gala even as speeches are
being made.
But it was subdued compared
to the campaigning among three
of the four Shelby County Republicans who have declared as candidates in the Aug. 8 Congressional
district primary.
Attorney David Kustoff, State
Sen. Brian Kelsey and Shelby
County Commission Steve Basar
were present with their supporters. Former County Commissioner
George Flinn had supporters in the
audience as well.
They are running for the seat
of Republican incumbent Stephen
Fincher, who said this month he
will not seek re-election after three
terms.
Fincher, who was also at the
event, told the group that he is
leaving “for some family issues and
the farm, nothing more,” referring
to the Crockett County farm that is
the Fincher family business.
“In a few years, when both
of our senators are out, we may
look at doing something again,”
he added.
Corker, who was a state finance
commissioner and mayor of Chattanooga before getting elected to
the Senate, said the down time is
a good political move.
“It’s good to get repotted,”
he said, before commenting on
how quickly the field for the seat
formed. “People weren’t even letting you be buried.”
POLITICS
Cohen Urges Memphis Clinton Supporters
To Speak No Ill of Sanders
Bill Dries
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen told a group of
70 supporters of Democratic presidential
contender Hillary Clinton that they should
avoid attacking Bernie Sanders, her rival for
the Democratic nomination.
“I don’t want anybody in our campaign
to say anything bad about Bernie Sanders,”
Cohen said last week at the opening of the
Memphis Clinton campaign headquarters
in East Memphis.
Cohen, who was an early supporter of
Clinton, said he and Sanders are friends and
agree on a number of issues.
“Most of the bills we’ve sponsored together and most of the places we’ve gone to
speak on issues — we haven’t been successful because Bernie and I see things in a big
way,” Cohen said. “Some of the things where
we agree, you agree. But they aren’t going to
happen. It’s unfortunate.”
With a cardboard cutout of the former
First Lady, U.S. senator and Secretary of
State nearby, Cohen likened Clinton to
the late Democratic Tennessee Gov. Ned
McWherter.
“He said, ‘You give me two vanilla wafers
and a cup of coffee and on day one I can be
your governor,’” Cohen recalled. “Hillary
Clinton can do the same thing as president.
She’d be somebody who could step in the
day that Barack Obama leaves and take over,
continue his policies and keep our country
stronger.”
Cohen was an early supporter of Obama
in 2008 when Clinton was still the favorite
for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Obama carried Shelby County in the
2008 Tennessee primary even though Clinton won the statewide primary.
And the two candidates waged very
different campaigns from their Memphis
offices eight years ago.
There was evidence at the Thursday, Feb.
18, opening that the Clinton campaign has
learned a few lessons in the eight years since.
Andrew Markoff, a Clinton campaign
staffer fresh from the New Hampshire primary skirmish, said the campaign is working
on a political foundation that will endure
The local campaign headquarters of the
Hillary Clinton for President campaign
opened this month in East Memphis during the early voting period in advance of
the March 1 election day for the Tennessee
presidential primaries. (Memphis News/Bill Dries)
beyond the presidential race.
That was the Obama campaign’s goal in
2008. It carried Obama into the White House
with some forward momentum, but wasn’t
enough for Democrats to keep control of
Congress in mid-term elections.
The Clinton campaign in 2008 was about
winning the White House and then folding
the campaign organization in the transition
to power that didn’t come.
The Clinton campaign headquarters at
3177 Poplar Ave. is a short distance east of
the local Sanders campaign headquarters at
2869 Poplar Ave.
Sanders’ headquarters opened less than
a week earlier with an appeal to Democratic
voters locally who supported both Bill Clinton in his two runs for president and Obama
over Hillary Clinton in 2008.
The emphasis is a departure from the
Sanders campaign narrative of drawing
young college-aged voters who are new to
politics.
Cohen said the Clinton campaign should
try to keep those young voters involved once
Democrats have their presidential nominee.
“They are so into it that they are saying
bad things about our candidate and that’s
not the right thing to do because we need to
come together no matter who wins to beat
the Republicans,” he said.
The Clinton headquarters opening drew
several other elected officials including
Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner
and state Representatives Raumesh Akbari,
Antonio Parkinson and Joe Towns.
ARTS
New Chapter
David Lusk Gallery turns page in new space
Andy Meek
ameek@memphisdailynews.com
More than most weeks, David
Lusk is especially ready for Friday
this week.
Eight months after renovation
work began, Lusk is ready to host
a public celebration officially unveiling his longtime art gallery’s
new home at 97 Tillman St. on
Feb. 26.
The event will be as much a
showcase of artwork depicting
the history of his new building nestled between Walnut Grove
Road and Poplar Avenue, near
Midtown - as it is a milestone, a
turning of the page for the David
Lusk Gallery. Its namesake, for example, now for the first time owns
the space where he’ll present the
masterworks of others, a benefit
he didn’t enjoy before moving the
gallery from its home in the Laurelwood shopping center for almost
20 years to a temporary space on
Flicker Street.
“My new building is a synthesis
of my former space - big and open
- and the temp space on Flicker
Street - a warren of small rooms,”
Lusk said. “(It) has large exhibition
areas, small spaces for exhibiting
more intimate works and an open
floor plan that draws you through
and around the entire building.
David Lusk in his new gallery space on Tillman Street, which is going through final touches before
opening on Friday, Feb. 26. The gallery’s initial exhibition is aptly titled ‘Opening.’ (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
“I’m ready to get in there and
show art.”
Speaking of art, three of the
gallery’s long-term artists - Greely
Myatt, Carroll Todd and Tad
Lauritzen Wright - have created
permanent pieces for the building.
Built in 1966, the building originally housed a modern European
art dealer.
In the 1980s, the building
made way for an oriental rugs
business, and until recently it
housed Thompson Engineering. Lusk’s renovation plans got
under way in June, an effort that
eventually resulted in a gutting of
the space’s interior walls and the
current “glowing white edifice.”
“Opening,” the space’s initial
exhibition, is both a celebration
of the building’s construction and
its renovation for the new gallery.
Included in the exhibition are
works by Burton Callicott, Ted
Faiers, Carroll Cloar and Walter
Anderson from the decade when
97 Tillman was built. Works by
Maysey Craddock, Tim Crowder,
Hans Schmidt-Matzen, Veda Reed
and Dwayne Butcher are from the
year of the 97 Tillman renovations.
Architect Jared Bradley put his
design stamp on the new building,
which is a sort of white box that
includes soaring windows and
doorways that flood the interior
with natural light. In the front sits
a small sculpture garden, with a
courtyard in the rear that’s meant
for sculptural installations and
gathering.
It will serve as a continuation
of philosophy with which Lusk first
opened his gallery’s doors in 1995.
Via a recollection on the gallery’s
website, he said he’d wanted to
represent a small stable of artists
– some with national reputations,
some showing their first works –
including artists both from here
and beyond the city.
The gallery itself went beyond
the city in 2014, opening a presence in Nashville. The identities
of both the Memphis and Nashville galleries are uniform, but
the programs are different and
the staff also focus on their towns
and artists.
The new gallery on Tillman
is open Tuesday through Friday,
from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A R T S & E N T E R TA I N M E N T
Beale Street Music Festival 2016 Will
Host 64 Acts, 30 of Them Newcomers
Bill Dries
The last time Neil Young
played Memphis, it was at the MidSouth Coliseum with a rockabilly
band called the Shocking Pinks
and Ronald Reagan was president.
And at the end of the 1983
tour, Young’s record label, Geffen
Records, sued him over the album.
Young returns to Memphis for
the first time since 1983 as one of
the headliners of the 2016 Beale
Street Music Festival, April 29-May
1 in Tom Lee Park.
Among the other headliners
announced Wednesday, Feb. 24,
are Beck, Paul Simon, Train and
Modest Mouse.
Of the 64 performers in the
lineup, 30 are newcomers to the
Beale Street Music Festival lineup.
That includes Young, who is
touring with the band Promise of
the Real; Simon; Modest Mouse;
Meghan Trainor, who recently
won the Best New Artist Grammy;
and singer, songwriter and choreographer Jason Derulo.
Young is one of four Canadian acts performing as the larger
Memphis in May International
Festival honors Canada. The other
Canadian performers are Barenaked Ladies, singer-songwriter
Coleman Hell and blues artist Jack
Semple.
The bill also includes Those
Pretty Wrongs, the new project
of Big Star drummer and Ardent
Studios CEO Jody Stephens.
The duo of Stephens and Luther Russell of the Freewheelers
is one of 14 local acts at the festival. Among the others are Julien
Baker, whose debut studio album,
“Sprained Ankle,” was released
last year to critical acclaim; Yo
Gotti; and Luther Dickinson of the
North Mississippi All Stars.
The music festival, in its 40th
year, features a wide range of music – from Latino hip-hop veterans
Cypress Hill to Americana artist
Lucinda Williams to blues rocker
Doyle Bramhall II.
For the first time in several
years, the lineup does not include
a festival performance by Jerry
Lee Lewis.
The music festival is the first
weekend of a monthlong series
of events.
Other events – all happening in
Tom Lee Park – include the World
Championship Barbecue Cooking
Contest on May 12-14 as well as
the debut of the Great American
River Run, a half marathon and 5K
run on May 28 with 901Fest later
that same day.
The run and 901Fest replace
the Sunset Symphony in the festival lineup.
A complete schedule of Beale
Street Music Festival acts is available at memphisdailynews.com.
O V E R T O N PA R K
Claim Adds to Greensward Controversy
Bill Dries
Legal counter claims, parking
study options and lots of old maps
with even more long-filed plans
have become the complex face
of the Overton Park Greensward
controversy.
As spring-like temperatures
over the weekend mixed with
cloudy skies, all fronts of the controversy were moving. The official
arrival of spring to come in less
than a month is the park’s busiest
season.
The Overton Park Conservancy
filed a counter claim Friday, Feb.
19, in the Chancery Court lawsuit
filed in January by the Memphis
Zoological Society.
“MZS does not now have, and
has never had, an exclusive right to
operate and manage any portion
of the Greensward,” began the
counter claim filed by attorneys
John Houseal Jr., Michael Tauer
and Andre Mathis of Glankler
Brown PLLC. “OPC denies that
any portion of the Greensward
is encompassed by the operative
Master Plan of the Memphis Zoo or
subject to the control or management of the Memphis Zoo.”
The zoo, represented by attorney Robert Spence, points to a 1986
master plan that was adopted in a
later agreement with the city for
the zoological society to operate
the zoo for the city.
The zoo contends that agree-
ment makes it clear the zoo has
control of the northern part of the
greensward for overflow parking.
The zoo is seeking a declaratory judgment giving it undisputed
control of the northern part of the
greensward. The conservancy is
seeking the same from the court
to give it undisputed control of the
same land.
The counter claim says there
was an amended Overton Park
master plan in 1988 that trumps
the 1986 zoo master plan and
which led to an amended zoo
master plan in 1989 that is still in
effect. The conservancy was created in 2012.
“The zoo’s current plan, like
every other plan except the 1986
Proposed Zoo Plan, does not
contemplate parking in the Greensward,” reads the counter claim.
“As such MZS’s insistence that it
has exercised the exclusive right
to operate and manage the Greensward is simply not supported by
any evidence and is contradicted
by the zoo’s own current master
plan (to say nothing of the conduct
of all of the parties over the last few
decades).”
Meanwhile, those on all sides
of the Greensward controversy are
still digesting some preliminary
park-wide traffic and parking options outlined last week by the trio
of consulting firms assembled by
the conservancy.
The consultants, led by Looney
Rick Kiss, included some previous
The Overton Park Greensward controversy is moving on several
fronts including a new filing in Chancery Court. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
ideas including a parking deck for
the zoo and shuttles from outer
parking areas.
“Most of the actual options
we’ve already talked about and
we’ve already looked at them,”
said Memphis Zoo president and
CEO Chuck Brady. “The parking
deck is a financial issue. It’s a very
expensive deal. … It’s going to be
$15,000 a space.”
The zoo cooperated with the
consultants but did not formally
participate in the study.
“They talked about the total
number of spaces available in the
park. What they didn’t tell you is
they were charged with reducing
parking on the greenspace,” Brady
said after the meeting. “So they
didn’t start out with the number
of spaces that were in Overton
Park. They started out with the
number of spaces in Overton Park
minus 600. That’s a little bit of an
impossible task when you have a
parking problem and you charge
the consultants … with reducing
it by 600.”
Brady said the idea of offering
incentives, including admission
discounts to patrons going to one
of the park institutions who walk
or bicycle into the park is worth a
closer look.
But he said it likely wouldn’t
work for the zoo or help with the
overflow parking.
“If you look at the 65 or so days
that we use the Greensward, 11
of those days are at night and the
parking’s free. They are coming
to an event. On 14 of those days
it’s free Tuesdays,” he said. “If the
zoo is free, I don’t think you can
consider that. Thirteen days are
parents that are coming to enjoy
the zoo with a child that is on
an official zoo field trip. But the
parents and the children get in for
a reduced rate. The pricing suggestions don’t add up. But we are
going to look at those.”
Brady liked the idea of “grasscrete” or a temporary “porous
parking” surface suggested.
The idea drew boos from the
audience at last week’s public
hearing with the consultants.
But there was much discussion
after the meeting on social media
about whether it was being suggested for the Greensward or other
areas of the park.
The study referenced an earlier
park study that searched for and
found several areas of park land
that could possibly be used for
parking.
Brady says the idea of grasscrete was for those other areas of
the park.
“They didn’t specifically target
it toward the Greensward for parking and they talked about finding
other areas in the park where that
might be an alternative to building
more asphalt parking lots,” he said.
“We think that’s the way to go.”
Daily News publisher Eric
Barnes is on the board of the Overton Park Conservancy. He did not
participate in the reporting or editing of this story.
BEALE STREET
Beale Management Possibly On March Agenda
Bill Dries
The Beale Street Tourism Development Authority may be ready
to pick a day-to-day manager for
the entertainment district at its
March 10 meeting.
But after meeting with leaders
of the four companies who have
formally applied for the job, members of the authority said last week
they have a lot of information and
are looking for some more detail
before making a decision.
“We got a good idea of each,”
said Ross Boswell, head of the authority’s management committee
which will make a recommendation
to the full authority.
The four applicants are: Capital
Realty Services LLC, 21 Beale Street
Inc., ML Professional Properties
LLC and Jones Lang LaSalle Ameri-
cas Inc. All but Jones Lang LaSalle
are Memphis companies.
“They are four very different
groups,” Boswell said. “Some of the
things we discussed were leasing
issues. Maintenance on the street
is a big issue based on the age of
the buildings. We talked about the
history of Beale Street, promoting
Beale Street.”
The company hired through the
request for proposals process will
oversee the district including dealing with leases and maintenance
of the street. The authority will
maintain control of the larger vision
for the district including possible
expansion.
Paul Morris, who as head of the
Downtown Memphis Commission
ran the district on an interim basis
before leaving the DMC last year,
said the authority should give the
process a bit longer.
“I’ve said for the last year and a
half that we kind of need to hurry up
and move on because I don’t think
interim management is the best
thing for the street,” Morris said.
“But at the same time we need to get
it right. Each one of the groups had
parts that were impressive. … At the
same time from my standpoint, no
one group had everything we were
looking for perfectly. And no one
expected that. No one’s perfect.
But there wasn’t one group that had
everything we were looking for.”
Jeff Sanford, a consultant to
the authority, said the group also
wants to avoid being too cautious.
He said continuing with the process
into March is a matter of “more due
diligence.”
Morris advocated a short period
of interim management because
future tenants of the district, including those interested in an expanded
The Beale Street Tourism Development Authority is reviewing
four proposals by management
firms to run the entertainment
district and has talked with
leaders of all four. The authority
could make a decision as early as
its March 10 meeting.
district, would be hesitant to lease
with a management firm that is
there on a temporary basis.
The authority’s long-term lease
with the city was approved by the
Memphis City Council at the end
of 2015. The execution of the lease
covering the three blocks between
Second and Fourth streets is expected soon.
The DMC continues as interim
manager of the district until there is
a contract with a management firm.
Any management firm hired
would be paid out of revenue
made in the district and probably
for some kind of percentage to
be negotiated once the authority
selects a firm.
The management committee
is expected to make a recommendation to the full authority, but is
still working out whether it will be
several of the firms or only one.
H E A LT H CA R E
New St. Jude Chief Financial Officer
Brings Sense of Purpose to Role
Andy Meek
Pat Keel started what would
turn into a more than 30-year career in health care wanting to be
a nurse practitioner –
that is until life, as it so
often does, intervened.
Keel eventually
found herself drawn to
the business side of the
industry, a specialization that’s given her the
chance to serve as the
finance chief for a vari- KEEL
ety of health care systems before
landing in recent days at St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital.
She’s St. Jude’s newly tapped
chief financial officer, a position
that comes with extra significance
as it’s a key leadership role in
support of the hospital’s current
multibillion-dollar expansion
unfolding over the next several
years.
“Who wouldn’t want to be
part of this mission?” Keel told
The Daily News about St. Jude’s
efforts to fight cancer and other
childhood diseases, days after
the hospital announced her new
role. “It’s exciting to be here at a
time when there’s such a dynamic
strategic growth plan. It also
brings me and my husband - who
graduated from Memphis - back
home. Hopefully, I’ll finish my
career here.”
That career has been an extensive one already. She most
recently worked as chief financial
officer and senior vice
president at University Health System in
Shreveport, La.
Other career stops
along the way have included stints in leadership roles at Good
Shepherd Health System in Longview, Texas, and CHRISTUS Schumpert
Health System also in Shreveport.
Among honors and distinctions
she’s received, in December
she was named to the Becker’s
Hospital Review annual list of
“130 women hospital and health
system leaders to know.”
St. Jude president and CEO
Dr. James Downing said it’s
something of a coup for the
hospital to land an executive
with Keel’s experience at a time
of “new growth and expansion.”
It follows a flurry of announcements in recent months that
include new equipment and
facilities like the hospital’s newly
opened proton therapy center, as
well as other hires and executive
promotions at a time when the
hospital plans to swell its ranks
by about 1,000 professionals in
coming years.
That’s according to Downing, who told The Daily News in
November the hospital’s strategic priorities include everything
from a major expansion of its
workforce to about $1 billion in
new construction at the hospital
campus as well as doubling the
number of children in St. Jude-led
clinical trials, among other things.
It’s the kind of strategy for
which funding is, of course, paramount. Which is where having
a watchful finance chief is important.
“I’ve been part of a lot of notfor-profits, and the job (of CFO)
is as much about the mission as
the expenses and revenue,” Keel
said. “St. Jude's mission of finding cures and saving children is
different from that of almost any
other organization in the world,
and to be on the front end of the
hospital’s dynamic strategic plan
is such an incredible opportunity.
“My view is to look for best
practices on the business side
to be sure we’re good stewards
of all the financial resources and
to make sure we're working as
efficiently as possible. One of the
things Dr. Downing has always
said is, ‘If not St. Jude, then who?’
We have to maximize every dollar
to fulfill that mission.”
H E A LT H CA R E
IBM Team Gathers Data on Memphians’ 911 Use
Madeline Faber
mfaber@memphisdailynews.com
Six IBM professionals arrived in Memphis on Feb. 22 to gather data and propose
solutions to better streamline Memphis’
emergency services in the face of the city’s
“health care crisis.”
For many Memphians, 911 is the lifeline to any medical care. In response to
rising call volume and costs, the Memphis
Fire Department is expanding its role to include preventative care for Memphis’ poor,
elderly and mentally ill, which will in turn
decrease the frequency of their 911 calls.
With boots on the ground, IBM will
analyze from where 911 calls are coming
and what ailments could be better treated
outside of the emergency room.
IBM’s three-week stay is part of a
$500,000 Smarter Cities Challenge grant
garnered by the Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team in May 2015. Memphis joins
nearly 130 cities across the globe that
have received the consulting grant and is
one of three to receive a Twitter analytics
package.
At the Smarter Cities Challenge kickoff event held at the Memphis Bioworks
auditorium, Mayor Jim Strickland and
Memphis Fire Department director Gina
Sweat stressed that
any changes made to
the city’s emergency medical services
system would be enhancements, not cuts.
“At this critical
SWEAT
point – as all medical
care providers know – the EMS services,
hospitals and health care agencies are
forced to rethink our current models,”
Sweat said. “How do we respond to what is
being called a period of health care crisis?”
In the last three years, Memphis 911
calls have increased 10.5 percent, and 20
percent of the annual 120,000 calls have
been determined to be non-emergency.
The annual revenue for the EMS system
is $20 million, but expenditures total $40
million, according to the IBM grant application.
Sweat added that upcoming changes
to the Memphis Fire Department’s EMS
services include working with the area’s
health care community collaborative to
improve chronic disease management
and establish a network of wraparound
care, adding specially-trained nurses to
911 dispatch, expanding firefighters’ roles
to include prevention and health education, and statewide legislative advocacy
to bring community paramedicine into
official sanction.
The Memphis Fire Department stepped
into its expanded role when it launched the
health care navigators program last September, sending paramedics into homes
and community centers in addition to
emergency transport. The state hasn’t yet
formally approved paramedics to perform
non-emergency care.
The data from IBM could prove that the
health care navigators program is worthwhile while drumming up support for the
state’s community paramedicine ruling to
be decided on March 30.
If the official designation is passed,
paramedicine would be a “major role
change” for Memphis’ paramedics, according to MFD battalion chief Andrew Hart.
“With the IBM data, we’d love to be able
to show definitively, this is proof that what
we’re doing is working and we are saving
money,” Hart said. “Hopefully down the
line the insurance companies will start seeing more work done under the community
paramedic certification, and will start paying for you to go out and take care of those
patients instead of just transporting them
to the hospital.”
T R A N S P O R TAT I O N
MATA Faces Long Odds to Get Extra
Funds From City in Pending Budget
Bill Dries
After a year and a half as leader
of the Memphis Area Transit
Authority, Ron Garrison has
emerged with a start on the bus
system he wants that won’t cost
the city anything more.
A “cost neutral” set of changes
to routes and service go to the
transit authority board in March
and if approved there would take
effect in May.
But the president of the transit
authority followed that with a dire
warning that the bus system is
“on the verge of collapse” and a
call for approximately $8 million
more in city operating funds and
$5 million more in capital funds
to buy 11 new buses.
If not, Garrison warned the
Memphis City Council, there
likely will be a “severe collapse in
service” when the new fiscal year
begins July 1.
“The alarming news is this
– MATA is really on the verge of
collapse for a number of reasons,”
Garrison told the council at the
outset of his Feb. 16 committee
presentation.
The best of times, worst of
times scenario includes a later
push by Garrison for a city fee
that would show up on monthly
Memphis Light, Gas and Water
Division bills.
MATA's president is talking about a fee on utility bills to create more revenue for the city bus system
but Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says it's too early to talk about that as an option for the ailing
bus system. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
But Memphis Mayor Jim
Strickland isn’t yet on board with
the proposed fee, which is something that was being discussed
at City Hall during the tenure
of his mayoral predecessor, A C
Wharton.
“I think it’s too early to even
say much about those fees,”
Strickland said over the weekend.
“As I understand it, the folks who
have been looking at this had
a laundry list of like 10 ways to
finance this. … It’s way too early
to come out for a fee.”
And on the $8 million extra in
operating funds, he added, “That
would be really hard in this coming budget.”
Strickland and his staff are
preparing city operating and
capital budget proposals to be
presented to the council in April.
Strickland hasn’t had a lot to
say about the specifics other than
that the capital budget, which
is one-time city spending on
construction and/or renovation
projects financed by bonds, will
likely be cut.
“No matter where I go and
no matter how the audience
looks or how they vote – we all
want the same thing,” Strickland said Saturday at the Frayser
Neighborhood Council induction ceremony. “We want a safe
neighborhood, we want a clean
neighborhood. We want a place
where our kids can go outside and
play and get a good education. If
we focus on what unites us, we
will accomplish our goals.”
He calls the strategy being
“brilliant at the basics.”
“Crime, blight, trash, filling
potholes, responding to your
complaints, picking up garbage,”
he added. “If we can be brilliant
at the basics and clean up all of
our neighborhoods – Frayser included – we can encourage more
people and businesses to move
in here.”
Strickland also warned, “City
government simply does not have
enough resources to do it all on
our own.”
Garrison is making the argument that the additional funding
he wants from the city is part and
parcel of the basics.
“That means something to the
economic viability of our citizens
to get to work, to see the doctor,
to go to school, to provide opportunity,” he said as he talked
of what the collapse of the bus
system would mean.
Most of the transit authority’s
daily riders have no other means
of transportation.
Garrison also touted an $11.7
million, three-year grant MATA
has secured this year to provide
bus service specifically to get
people to and from work. But
Garrison added that after three
years, the grant is over and the
funding would have to come from
someplace else.
C O M M E R C I A L R E A L E S TAT E
Italian Bike Maker Launches Service Center
Madeline Faber
The professional biking world
is looking to put Memphis on the
map.
Victory Bicycle Studio has been
tapped to serve as the first U.S.
service center for 3T, a Milan, Italybased manufacturer of high-end
bike components.
But the ride isn’t stopping
there as 3T is looking to position
Memphis as its North American
distribution hub with FedEx as
the primary service provider for
shipping.
“They're moving this forward
pretty quickly,” said Mandy Archer,
market development account
executive with FedEx Services.
“They're talking May for everything
– for them to have a warehouse
space, pricing set up, account
numbers to be in place and begin
taking orders in early
summer.”
To start off, bike parts
under warranty will be
shipped to Victory, who
will do repairs in-house.
Victory owner Clark
Butcher is looking to bring on one
to two additional full-time employees to handle the volume and ramp
up with three to four employees
once a warehouse space is secured.
When 3T executives visited Memphis earlier this year,
they circled around leasing a
6,000-square-foot warehouse just
around the corner from Victory.
The space could be expanded by
another 6,000 square feet as Butch-
er brings more accounts on board.
The primary owner of 3T also
owns many of the biggest cycling
brands, and Butcher said
he’s in discussions for his
shop to do repairs and
distribution for at least
two other brands.
“If the parts are coming here for servicing,
does it make more sense to do
everything here?” Butcher said.
Currently, parts are distributed
from 3T’s base in Milan.
3T manufactures components
like wheels, handlebars and seats
for five different best-in-class
models.
“These are serious bicycles.
They cost as much as a car,” Archer
said. “I don’t know how many
SKUs (stock keeping units) we’re
talking about in total, but it could
be substantial.”
Memphis’ affordable real estate, available workforce, central
location and strength in logistics
were all factors in 3T looking to
move those operations to Memphis, Butcher said. But Victory
first got on 3T’s radar because of
its sales.
“Maybe they could understand
it if we were Portland, Oregon, or
Seattle or San Fran, but in Memphis it came across louder.”
The Binghamton neighborhood is poised to benefit from the
new industry.
“It will be a significant economic impact not only from the
perspective of new job creation
and investment in facility, but just
the reputation that neighborhood
is getting,” said Mark Herbison,
senior vice president of economic
development for the Greater Memphis Chamber.
What has traditionally been
seen as a socioeconomically depressed area has seen a boost in
recent years from small businesses
like Victory and community initiatives like the Carpenter Art Garden.
Herbison said 50 to 70 years
ago Binghampton was a huge
manufacturing and distribution
center, leaving a ring of out-of-date
industrial buildings.
“Any time we can bring back
neighborhoods and facilities together that used to have this type
of business, it really has the opportunity here to start replicating itself
and transform the city quickly,”
he said.
C O M M E R I C A L R E A L E S TAT E
TraVure Wins Hard-Fought Approval
Madeline Faber
After months of dispute and
compromise, the Germantown
Board of Mayor and Aldermen
unanimously approved the 10acre TraVure planned development.
Opponents and supporters
of the project agreed that it was
precedent-setting, but they agreed
on little else during a two-hour
debate on Feb. 22 at Germantown
City Hall.
“After two years of compromise and conversation, I don’t
know how there could be further
compromise,” said alderman
Rocky Janda.
At the meeting, the board gave
the green light to developer Gill
Properties’ final outline plan and
the three phases of construction
which include infrastructure improvements, two hotels, an office
building and a parking garage.
Most of the public opposition
came from residential community
Nottoway, located just east of the
TraVure development, which is
situated between Poplar Avenue
and Poplar Pike, just east of Kirby
Parkway.
At least seven homes back up
to the TraVure development and
would have direct sight into the
parking garage, said Greg Fletcher
with the Nottoway Homeowners
Association.
The Germantown Planning
Commission permits the parking
garage based on a visibility study
that compares the sight line of a
six-foot person with the light emanating from the garage. Fletcher
said Germantown should instead
look from the vantage point of
Nottoway’s two- and three-story
homes that face the garage.
Cameron Ross, Germantown’s
economic and community development director, countered that
the six-foot measure is standard
for the industry. At the meeting,
the board approved an amendment that precluded any certificate of use or occupancy from
being granted if light was visible
from the garage, based on the
sight-line of a six-foot person.
Another concern was the traf-
With final approval from the City of Germantown, work can soon
begin on the highly-contested TraVure development at Poplar Ave.,
just east of Kirby Parkway. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
fic light proposed at Poplar Avenue and TraVure Drive. When
presented, the updated outline
plan put responsibility for approving a traffic light on the city
administration, which had the
authority to revoke the light at
any time.
Brenda Solomito Basar, who
represents Gill Properties, said
that responsibility should fall on
a licensed engineer, as is done in
other cities.
Language concerning the traf-
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fic light was amended to state that
city administration and the city
engineer will have the authority to
decide when and where the light
is installed.
While all resolutions passed
unanimously, several members
of the board were still concerned
with the level of opposition that
remained after months of compromise.
“I see us as far away tonight
as we were months ago with this
project,” said alderman John
4985 OUTLAND CENTER DRIVE
MEMPHIS, TN 38118
SALE AMOUNT: $13 MILLION
SALE DATE: Feb. 11, 2016
Buyer: Faropoint Investments
Seller: Huntington Industrial Partners
Details: Faropoint Investments, an Israel-based real estate firm, has purchased
the Outland Business Center for $13 million, now its largest holding in the area.
On Feb. 11, Faropoint closed on the
Southeast Memphis park, which includes five industrial buildings totaling
more than 400,000 square feet at Outland Center Drive and Burbank Road.
Brian Califf with NAI Saig Co. represented Faropoint in the acquisition, while
Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors represented the seller, Huntington
Industrial Partners.
Faropoint entered the Memphis market
in 2011 and owns 500,000 square feet of
office and retail space, not including the
recent purchase.
1016 W. POPLAR AVE.
COLLIERVILLE, TN 38017
502 TENNESSEE ST.
MEMPHIS, TN 38103
PERMIT AMOUNT: $4.5 MILLION
APPLICATION DATE: Feb. 18, 2016
TENANT: Brewery Master Tenant LLC
ARCHITECT: LRK Architects
CONTRACTOR: Montgomery Martin
Contractors
DETAILS: The parking garage portion of
the greater Tennessee Brewery development is moving forward. Montgomery
Martin Contractors pulled a $4.5 million
construction permit to build a new fourstory concrete parking garage. Brewery
Master Tenant LLC as listed as the tenant for the property at 502 Tennessee St.
According to the latest plans, the “Bottle
Shop” garage will have 358 spaces and
will serve the public as well as residents
of the Brewery District’s four residential
buildings. The garage has received $5.1
million in support from the Downtown
Parking Authority.
SQUARE FEET: 3,400
TENANT: Frost Bake Shop
OPENING: August/July 2016
DETAILS: An East Memphis bakery is
preparing to add a second location in
Collierville. Frost Bake Shop co-owner
Bill Kloos Jr. says his sweet treat shop has
picked out a spot at 1016 W. Poplar Ave.
for store number two.
The deal was all but finished at week’s
end, and he says the staff has already
been informed about the new location,
Barzizza.
When it was presented to
the planning commission in July
2015, the TraVure proposal had 12
deviations from the Germantown
SmartGrowth ordinance.
Aldermen Forrest Owens, who
also serves on the planning commission, voted down the proposal
at the time. With Gill’s significant
compromises, Owens said he
couldn’t find a reason the development couldn’t move forward.
“If we turn this down tonight,
we are sending a pretty clear message that a developer can come
into town, meet our ordinance
requirements, reduce his warrants to zero — which in other
developments we’ve praised them
for doing that — and can still be
rejected. That’s a struggle for me,”
he said.
Among those compromises
are changing lighting in the parking garage and adding motionactivated dimmers, and adding
a 25-foot “no build” zone and
another 25-foot landscaping buffer to separate Nottoway from the
development.
which will be identical to the current
Laurelwood store – “Frost 1,” as Kloos
calls it – in terms of the items sold.
One thing that will be different is the
size – 3,400 square feet in Collierville,
versus 2,000 square feet in Laurelwood.
“This was the next spot on our list,”
Kloos said. “We wanted to be far enough
away from Frost 1. We still plan to do one
more store in the area, possibly two.”
Once renovation work is finished, he
anticipates a possible July or August
opening.
The additional space at the new location could be used for cooking classes or
small parties among other possibilities,
he said.
The expansion comes about three years
from the opening of the Laurelwood
location in August 2013.
3461 STEVE ROAD
MEMPHIS, TN
SALE AMOUNT: $1.9 MILLION
SALE DATE: Feb. 10, 2016
BUYER: Oak Bend Holdings LLC & Bay
Brook Holdings LLC
SELLER: Harvard Stephens
DETAILS: An apartment community
in the 38111 ZIP code has sold for $1.9
million.
In a Feb. 10 warranty deed, Memphis
resident Harvard Stephens sold the
Prescott Place apartments to Texasbased Oak Bend Holdings LLC and Bay
Brook Holdings LLC.
According to the Shelby County Assessor
of Property, the community at 3461 Steve
Road was built in 1972. It holds fewer
than 100 units across 258,466 square
feet. It is appraised at $1.3 million.
M E D I CA L C E N T E R
Housing Development Likely To
Emerge Quickly In Medical District
Bill Dries
Every week day, 16,000 people go to
work in the two-and-a-half square mile
area that is the Memphis Medical Center
District.
Add the 8,000 students to the workers at
the eight major institutions in the district
and you have more than a sell-out crowd
for an event at FedExForum in that area
every working day.
“The medical district has been primarily a place that people drove through,” said
Tommy Pacello, president of the Medical
District Collaborative effort which is working to develop a comprehensive plan for the
district that includes housing and retail.
“Unless you were working there or had
a reason to be there, you weren’t exposed
to all of the really great stuff that’s happening within the campuses themselves,”
he said on the WKNO-TV program Behind
The Headlines.
The program, featuring Pacello, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare CEO Gary
Shorb and Dr. Kennard Brown, executive
vice chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, can be seen
on The Daily News Video page, video.
memphisdailynews.com and is hosted by
Eric Barnes, publisher of The Daily News.
Pacello is working with the eight medical district institutions including Methodist, UTHSC, St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital,
Regional One Health, Memphis Bioworks
Foundation, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Victorian Village Neighborhood Association and Edge Neighborhood
Association.
The coalition, through Hyde Family Foundations, hired Pacello and U3
Advisors, the firm Pacello works for, to
undertake a master plan similar to what
U3 developed in Philadelphia and Detroit
recently.
For decades, leaders of the major medical institutions have made separate plans.
“Because we haven’t had a plan, it’s
been more of a defensive strategy. When
problem properties come on a tax sale, we’ll
go and we’ll buy them for a few thousand
dollars,” Shorb said. “Unfortunately the
condition of the housing would warrant
just a tear down strategy. So that is not
helping anything in terms of building more
capacity for housing. So we needed a plan.”
Pacello said connecting those individual plans with housing and retail and other
uses including common areas will make
the district a “vital linchpin that connects
Downtown to Midtown.”
And there is demand for housing in
an area where currently only 3 percent of
employees live in the district and 6 percent
of students do as well.
“They are choosing to live very close
by,” Pacello said referring to a map that
shows large clusters of students and employees on the borders of the district.
“The housing in the district is varied,”
Leaders of the eight institutions within the Medical Center District continue to
pursue expansion plans, including a larger district plan to add residential and retail
development. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
he added. “The housing where a student
and the employees may want to live is at
98 percent occupancy. … We actually have
a bit of a supply issue of quality housing.”
That is a goal the collaborative can
move on quickly.
Brown estimates UTHSC has $6 million to $8 million in demolition underway
on buildings that have been unused for
18 years.
“We have between Madison and Jefferson -- we’ve got literally a city block that
in the next three years existing structure
will be completely demolished and the flat
lot parking used to build some residential
complexes,” said Brown, who added he gets
calls from interested developers every day.
“We’ve got the land capacity for a developer to come in and work out the terms
of the land lease with us as a state entity to
build those residential communities for our
faculty, our staff, our students,” Brown said.
That includes scientists recruited by the
university and physicians jointly recruited
by UTHSC, Regional One and Methodist
Le Bonheur.
Brown talks with the parents of medical
students as a regular part of his daily duties
in the institution’s recruiting process.
“They still have moms and dads who
still want to know where’s he going to live,
where’s he going to stay,” Brown said. “And
it’s a horrible answer for me to give – ‘I don’t
really know. He can move down on Mud
Island. There are plenty of places around.’ If
we had that capacity in the Medical District
… we have no doubt our students would
stay on campus.”
Shorb said Methodist has four acres of
surface parking by its professional building at Union Avenue and Bellevue that is
about to be replaced by a 700-space parking garage as part of the new Methodist
University Hospital expansion.
“One thought is we get those cars off
of that surface lot into the parking garage,
we can use that four acres to have another
Bristol apartment building,” he said. “The
demand is there. If we can create the vari-
ous residential opportunities we are going
to have a lot of success.”
Pacello counts 110 acres of surface
parking lots or vacant land owned by the
institutions that are in the coalition.
“You have to have that background
organization … that connects the dots
between the opportunity that are present
with the anchor organization,” he said. “It
begins to package those items together
and think about how do we work to create that additional supply. We can build
the partnerships with the private sector
developers.”
Shorb and Brown run medical institutions and aren’t about to get into the housing or retail development business. But he
sees what is happening east and west of the
district as a catalyst.
“If we improve the image of the medical
center that would be something equal to
what we see in Overton Square,” he said.
“And if we have … a percentage of my employee population now living in the medical district and biking to work and going to
restaurants and shopping in the medical
district, that’s success to me.”
E M P H A S I S : C O M M E R C I A L R E A L E S TAT E
Poplar Opens Up
Sears, Kroger, Eastgate tenant to close
Madeline Faber
The prized retail stretch of
Poplar Avenue between Perkins
Road and Interstate 240 is shaking
up in a way the area hasn’t seen in
several decades.
Within the next two years,
more than 230,000 square feet
will be made available in what has
historically been a tight trade area.
That figure includes the threestory Sears, the Kroger store at
Poplar and South Perkins Road
and a significant holding in the
Eastgate Shopping Center off
White Station Road between Poplar and Park avenues.
“Any time you get any availability on that stretch it's a big
deal, and when you get that size,
it's a once-in-a-decade or once
in several decades opportunity,”
said Aaron Petree, vice president
of brokerage with Loeb Properties
Inc., noting the large Sears space
set to close in mid-April.
Real estate along the highly coveted Poplar corridor from Laurelwood
shopping center east to Interstate 240 is going to feature large vacancies that come along once in a decade at best, local retail brokers
say. And retailers are salivating at the prospect. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
The 175,400-square-foot Sears
was built back in the 1960s. Oak
Court Mall, Laurelwood and other
surrounding shopping centers
developed around the department store and have brought the
changing tide.
“What’s around it has become
very high-end, very nice, so it
makes sense that the Sears should
be redeveloped into something
nice as well,” said Danny Buring,
partner with The Shopping Center
Group.
Since Seritage Growth Partners announced the closing of the
Sears at 4570 Poplar Ave., speculation has focused around a Nordstrom Rack taking over the space.
Nothing is firm yet, but The Shopping Center Group has said that
the property will be filled soon.
Real Estate Investment Trust Seritage, Sears’ holding company, has
also listed the 21,160-square-foot
Sears Auto Center for lease with
the ability to subdivide.
Just east of Sears is the
28,041-square-foot Kroger, which
was part of Kroger’s 2011 takeover
of Shnucks. With a Kroger renovation recently completed just a mile
away at Poplar and Truce Parkway, Kroger is looking to let go of
the store at 576 S. Perkins Road.
Buring told The Daily News
that grocery store will close on
May 30 and will likely be filled by
a single tenant.
Further east on Poplar before
Interstate 240 is Eastgate Shopping Center, which is anchored by
Fresh Market, Stein Mart and Bed
Bath & Beyond. While specifics
aren’t available yet, Buring said
a big-box tenant will be leaving
within the next 12 to 18 months
and its space will likely be taken
over by a best-in-class retail tenant that’s new to the market.
“The Sears and Kroger at Poplar-Perkins are very iconic pieces
of real estate, and I hope that
they'll really be a game changer
for retail in the area,” Buring said.
“You’re replacing a 50-yearold, three-level dinosaur of a
department store. There are some
retailers that are really going to
be a huge draw. They're going
to have a bigger attraction and
bigger draw than someone that's
got three to four stores in town or
someone that's in all these areas,”
he added.
Petree said Class A tenants
poplar continued on P36
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Numbers Show Memphis’ Commercial
Real Estate Market Stable in 2015
Madeline Faber
Across all sectors, the Memphis market
was stable in 2015.
That’s according to the latest data from
Integra Realty Resources, a national appraisal and advisory firm. At its annual Viewpoint local market presentation Wednesday,
Feb. 24, local Integra leaders spoke on the
industrial sector’s banner year, multifamily’s expansion cycle, what’s next for an office market without any remaining Class A
space, and growth in the retail sector.
“We’ve gone through the very bad part of
the recession when we had properties being
given back, we had a lot of REO sales, we had
a lot of foreclosure sales and we cleaned out
that inventory,” said J. Walter Allen, senior
managing director of Integra-Memphis. “So
now what we’re dealing with is basic product
that’s doing better, in my opinion, almost
across the board.”
Multifamily
The multifamily sector is strong and
expanding, with consistent construction deliveries, stable occupancy and rent growth.
Currently, asking rents range from $1,248
for urban Class A to $645 for suburban Class
B product. Rental rate growth averaged 2.4
percent per year between 2010 and 2015.
Last year, sales of multifamily property
totaled $453 million, a 21.02 percent increase year over year.
In her presentation, Integra-Memphis
director Michelle Alexander noted the increase of affordable housing developments
supported by low-income tax credits. In
2014, two such developments came online,
and that trend continued in 2015. For 2016,
there are four submitted applications for
developments supported by low-income
tax credits.
In 2010, the Dixie Homes public housing
project was replaced with the mixed-income
Legends Park apartments. According to
Integra research, occupancy has stayed at
95 percent for the past three years while
rents have increased. With the redevelopment of Foote Homes, Memphis’ last public
housing project, to get underway this year,
more Memphians will have access to greater
housing quality.
“It helps to bridge the gap between
market value and what it costs to develop,”
said Alexander.
Office
The office sector is in recovery mode
with few prospects of new product. According to Integra research, the Memphis market
is in the bottom 10 among cities nationwide
in terms of office transactions.
The highly desired East Memphis submarket has reached a market equilibrium
with Class A properties at 96 percent occupancy and no vacant spaces in excess of
5,000 square feet.
In turn, prospective users are looking to
Class B properties. Landlords are bringing
on capital improvements and raising rents
Integra Realty Resouces said the market
is seeing more quality, affordable housing
projects than in recent years. This year,
Memphis' last public housing complex,
Foote Homes, will be razed to make way
for new mixed-income apartments. (File)
to compete with the tightened Class A market. The 385 corridor also is seeing a boost.
Last year’s biggest sale was i-bank Tower, located at 5050 Poplar Ave. adjacent to
Clark Tower in East Memphis. The building
went for $19.3 million and is 81 percent occupied. Allen said that rents have been at the
same price point for the past 10 years. Now,
both properties are under the ownership of
In-Rel Properties, which wants to renovate
and enhance the surrounding area to create
a walkable business park.
Upcoming office projects include
160,000 square feet as part of the TraVure
mixed-use development in Germantown.
Boyle Investment Co. has announced plans
to build a 175,000-square-foot office building in the last remaining lot in Ridgeway
Office Park. And Crosstown Concourse in
Midtown will bear 620,000 square feet when
it opens in 2017.
Retail
Strong housing growth and consumer
confidence are supporting a growing retail
market. Total absorption in the market was 1
million square feet, marking the city’s fourth
consecutive year of positive absorption
while rental rates remain flat. Asking rents
in Memphis come in at $11 per square foot
for community retail and $14 for neighborhood retail, both below the national and
regional average.
New construction deliveries were fo-
cused in the DeSoto submarket, with offerings such as the Tanger Outlet Mall and
the Olive Branch Commons. Both were
substantially pre-leased prior to construction starting, and several retail centers have
developed in proximity to the major retail
centers.
Most of retail activity is coming from
grocery stores and fast-casual dining.
Industrial
Memphis’ best sector is industrial, and
2015 was no exception. In terms of construction, Memphis is a leader among mid-sized
markets, with 3 million square feet delivered
in 2015.
DeSoto and Marshall counties in North
Mississippi likely will continue to lead
the way in snagging industrial users, but
Memphis did secure the 1.3 million-squarefoot Nike distribution facility and the
900,000-square-foot distribution facility
last year.
According to Integra, new deliveries are
leasing up quickly, rates are increasing and
concessions are becoming less common.
Multifamily Continues to be Class of Memphis Area Real Estate
Vacancy rates for various real estate sectors in Memphis area, compared to vacancy rates in the South and nationally
Source: Integra Realty Resources - Memphis
MULTIFAMILY
(M) Memphis (S) South (N) National
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12%
10%
10%
8%
8%
6%
6%
4%
4%
2%
2%
0%
0%
Urban Class A
Suburban Class A
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Urban Class B
Community Retail
Suburban Class B
INDUSTRIAL
Neighborhood Retail
15%
20%
12%
15%
9%
10%
6%
5%
3%
0%
0%
CBD Class A
CBD Class B
Suburban Class A
Suburban Class B
Flex Industrial
Industrial
Retail Projects in Memphis Suburbs,
Oxford Staple of Trezevant Realty Corp.
“
K. Denise Jennings
Special to The Memphis News
Germantown-based Trezevant Realty
Corp. has deep roots in the Mid-South commercial real estate market, and the uptick
in the economy has more projects moving
full-steam ahead.
John Trezevant, son of Mall of Memphis
developer Stanley Trezevant, was raised in
the commercial real estate business and
gained valuable training working for two
West Coast shopping center developers
before returning to Memphis to build and
lease some of the most well-known shopping centers in and around Memphis and
Oxford, Miss.
Founded in the mid-1980s, Trezevant
Realty boasts retail staples such as
800,000-square-foot Market at Wolfcreek
across from Wolfchase Galleria which
houses Target and Best Buy; Cordova Town
Center; The Collierville Marketplace; the
Market of Riverdale Bend; Thousand Oaks
Business Center; and the Houston Levee
Galleria.
While working on the Houston Levee
project, Trezevant turned his attention to
Memphis is not getting new
employers, and that is 100
percent due to our leadership.”
John Trezevant,
President/Trezevant Realty Corp.
John Trezevant in front of Fresh Market on Poplar in Germantown. His company has
developed several shopping centers in the Memphis area and Oxford. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
Oxford, home of his alma mater. His son
Taylor, who now heads up Trezevant’s
leasing in their Oxford office, was in school
there in the early 2000s when Trezevant
developed its first project there, the Oxford
Marketplace, a shopping center anchored
by Wal-Mart at Highway 6 and West Jackson
Avenue.
“I went to Mississippi, too, and I stayed
in touch with lots of friends in North Mississippi,” John Trezevant said. “The development in Oxford primarily occurred when I
knew my son was going to be there for four
years. Now (he’s) in charge of leasing the
Oxford Galleria.”
Phase I of the multi-phased Oxford
Galleria project was a $25 million shopping center that Trezevant developed with
Memphis partners which brought in much
sought after big-box retailers like Belk, Kinnucan’s, Pet Smart, Ann Taylor Loft and
Buffalo Wild Wings.
Phase II, a $45 million project that will
include Dick’s Sporting Goods, Marshall's,
Ross, Five Below and regional restaurant
chain Mugshots Grill & Bar is currently
under construction. Adjacent to the retail
development is Parkway Center, an office
park on West Oxford Loop that Trezevant
is developing with other Oxford partners.
The company is taking full advantage
of improving market conditions for commercial real estate.
“The difference is night and day from
’08,’09 and ’10 when there was no commercial real estate. It picked back up in
2010-2011. Our business is a direct correlation about which department stores want to
expand. If a Dillard’s, Pet Smart or Wal-Mart
want to expand, then we’re in business. If
none of those stores want to expand, we’re
not doing building projects the size of the
one in Oxford.”
A former partner on a few commercial
projects, David Halle, president of Halle
Investment Co., says Trezevant’s strength
lies in his reputation.
“His company is well-known, and his
ability to perform is well-known and respected,” Halle said. “The connections he
has in friendships and business are key to
his success, and he’s good at what he does.
He also knows all the people at the national
level, which is important when you’re doing
shopping centers.”
Phillip McNeill Sr., who has worked
with Trezevant on several projects including Oxford Marketplace, said Trezevant is
great at ferreting out good locations and
leasing space.
“Doing a good job on location and
leasing makes a project valuable, because
it’s not valuable if you don’t have a lease,”
McNeill said.
Trezevant says some retailers who fill
those leases are in expansion mode after
being dormant for several years, and he believes that the outlook for brick and mortar
stores is still good.
“We’re out of the recession,” he said.
“Growth is not rampant, but it appears to
be gaining momentum. Dick’s is opening
60 stores this year.
“The demise of bricks-and-sticks retail
in favor of dot-com is over exaggerated,”
Trezevant added. “Most people still like
going to stores, picking up, trying on and
taking home.”
As for the direction of his business,
Trezevant said the company’s developments will remain mostly in Oxford, Germantown and Collierville.
“We don’t do anything in Memphis
anymore after the Mall of Memphis implosion in 2002-2003,” said Trezevant, who
just brokered the sale of the100-acre Mall
of Memphis site that will likely become a
freight truck dealership.
“In the greater Memphis area, you have
a small portion of the population carrying a
much larger portion, and that tipping point
is not overlooked by employers looking
to relocate,” said Trezevant. “Memphis is
not getting new employers, and that is 100
percent due to our leadership. Hopefully
the new leadership is more responsible
than in the past.”
While retail is still the main staple of
Trezevant Realty’s commercial real estate
developments, the company has done Poplar Grove and Strathmore, both high-end
residential developments in Germantown
and Collierville, and they’re planning to do
one in Oxford and possibly Nashville.
Trezevant plans to stay the course.
“We’re always hopeful that we’ll have a
shopping center or two on the board trying
to advance to construction,” he said, “and
build an office or two every couple of years
given the opportunity.”
POLITICS
Shelby County's Early Voting Numbers
In Conflict With Daily Precinct Totals
Bill Dries
More than 43,000 Shelby County voters
cast early ballots in advance of the March
1 presidential primaries election day statewide.
But precisely how many more depends
on which set of Shelby County Election
Commission numbers you reference.
Most of those early voters cast their
ballots in the Democratic primary – 26,397
– compared to 17,146 early votes in the Republican primary.
The numbers from the Tennessee Secretary of State’s office show one more early
voter than the total posted Wednesday, Feb.
24, by the Shelby County Election Commission.
Meanwhile, when the turnout figures
from each primary by precincts are totaled
they show 322 fewer early voters than the
election commission’s sum from its own
daily totals.
And there are discrepancies in the total
number of registered voters, making it hard
to determine what percentage of voters
turned out in Shelby County.
The precinct by precinct breakdown of
the early voter turnout in Shelby County for
each primary shows a total of 541,907 voters
in Shelby County.
But a listing of precinct locations on the
same election commission website shows
a total of 457,923 voters in Shelby County.
By the higher of the two numbers, early
voter turnout across both primaries was 8
percent. By the lower number, the early vote
turnout was 9.5 percent.
Both percentages are based on the
highest of the three totals for the early voter
turnout.
Overall, 36.4 percent of the early voters
were black, compared to 32.5 percent white
and 31.1 percent “other” – a category that
includes voters who do not indicate their
race on voter registration forms.
The early voters were mostly women –
59.2 percent.
By primary, the Republican early voters
were 65.1 percent white. By the percentages,
33.1 percent were “other” and 1.8 percent
were black. Women accounted for 51.7 percent of the Republican primary vote.
The Democratic early voters were 58.9
percent black, 11.2 percent white and 29.9
percent “other.” Women accounted for
64.1 percent of the Democratic primary
early vote.
By individual precinct turnout, the largest number of Republican early voters was
in LAK01, the Lakeland precinct that votes
on election day at First Baptist Church of
Lakeland. A total of 440 – or 8.1 percent of
the 5,421 voters in that precinct – cast early
ballots in the Republican primary. That compares to 62 votes in the Democratic primary
for the same precinct.
The largest number of Democratic early
voters was in precinct 7506 where votes are
cast at Westwood Community Center on
election day. A total of 499 citizens – or 10.3
percent of the 4,830 voters in the precinct
– voted in the Democratic primary. That
compares to 0.2 percent, or eight votes in the
Republican primary in the same precinct.
Within the county’s largest precinct,
9407, which votes on election day at Soul
Winners Baptist Church, 4221 Crump Road,
there were 225 early voters in the Democratic
primary and 26 in the Republican out of
5,324 voters.
In the county’s second largest precinct,
MIL02, which votes on election day at Millington Civic Center, 8077 Wilkinsville Road,
389 early voters made their choices in the
Republican primary, 180 in the Democratic
primary, out of 5,090 voters total.
Statewide, 385,653 Tennesseans cast
early ballots, most in the Republican primary
– 257,209. The Tennessee Secretary of State’s
office said the turnout was a record.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Federal Reserve Report Indicates
Improving Banking Market Locally
Andy Meek
The five largest Memphisbased banks all got bigger over
the past year.
That’s according to new figures from the Federal Reserve
Bank of St. Louis covering the
fourth quarter, which show continued improvement among local
banks in a variety of key metrics
like loans and loan-loss reserves.
Taking the nearly two dozen
banks the Fed includes in Memphis – with some falling outside
the immediate city limits in
places like West Memphis and
suburbs like Millington and Germantown – profitability also saw
a small improvement during the
fourth quarter.
“All in all, the banking business is doing pretty well right
now,” said Kirk Bailey, the Memphis chairman of Pinnacle Financial Partners, which wrapped up
its first calendar year of business
in the Memphis market after acquiring Magna Bank.
“Customer demand, it’s
reasonably healthy,” he said.
“There’s lot of competition for
good credit opportunities in the
marketplace. And loan demand
is reasonably good right now.”
Setting aside the year-ago
results of two banks (Magna and
DeSoto County Bank) that got
acquired by out-of-town institutions and no longer show up
in the local numbers, total net
Top 5 Memphis-area
banks by asset size
First Tennessee
$25.9B
Independent Bank
$972.2M
Landmark Community Bank
$831.2M
Triumph Bank
$525.8M
Financial Federal Bank
$434.5M
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
income among the area’s banks
in the fourth quarter was almost
$183 million, down from a little
more than $305 million in the
year-ago period.
Much of that drop can be
attributed to First Tennessee,
which commands an outsized
piece of the Memphis bank pie,
according to the Fed numbers.
The bank, for example, represents almost $26 billion of the
$32.4 billion in assets controlled
by local institutions.
In the year-ago fourth quarter, First Tennessee reported a
little more than $257 million in
net income. For the last three
months of 2015, though, that
number was $128.5 million.
Setting First Tennessee’s results aside, the rest of the area’s
banks, in aggregate, actually eked
out a small profit – growing their
collective net income by about
$1 million over the two fourth
quarter periods.
Looking at other metrics for
the fourth quarter, Memphisarea banks are continuing to
lower on their loan loss reserves
on a collective basis. That metric
reflects the amount that banks reserve to cover losses they forecast
in their loan portfolios.
Falling loan loss reserves suggest things like confidence in the
economy and in market conditions, as well as in borrowers’
ability to repay.
Memphis-area banks reserved a little more than $271
million against loan losses in
the fourth quarter, down from
almost $294 million in the yearago quarter.
“Fee income is another area
for banks that’s important – fees
from merchant services, from
purchase cards, from insurance
sales, investment sales, things
like that,” Bailey said. “Those
are increasing. Not robustly, but
increasing. Expenses are also
being controlled. There’s not
huge pressure on compensation
expenses, other than the cost of
medical coverage for our associates.”
Meanwhile, total loans in
Memphis also are up slightly.
They approached $23 billion in
the fourth quarter, up from $20.7
billion in the year-ago quarter.
The latest Fed numbers also
show Memphis-based Independent Bank closing in on at least $1
billion in assets, a status currently
enjoyed only by First Tennessee.
Independent grew its assets
from a little more than $905 million during the fourth quarter of
2014 to a little more than $940
million in the third quarter of
2015. It ended the year with
almost $973 million in assets,
according to the Fed’s numbers.
Corporate Men Behind the Birth of the UNCF Telethon
Editor’s note: Part two of a two-part series.
What contributed to the success of the
history-making UNCF Lou Rawls telethon?
Leadership, collaboration, teamwork and a
respect for the individual goals of participating partners.
Part one of this series was a behindthe-scenes look at creating the partnership
between the UNCF and Anheuser-Busch.
Once they were committed, it was time for
creativity and hard work.
Wayman Smith, Anheuser-Busch’s vice
president for minority affairs, used his position to the fullest extent, changing the face
of African-American philanthropy through
his efforts with UNCF. He brought on board
Victor Julien, then manager of national
events and incentives, and independent
marketing specialist Byron Glore.
Julien made it his business to make
sure that his marketing team, and the
public relations, marketing and sales team
MEL & PEARL SHAW
FUNdraising Good Times
of Anheuser-Busch were truly behind the
telethon and involved. He also ensured they
worked closely with local UNCF teams (staff
and volunteers) across the country in local
Anheuser-Busch markets.
Glore produced the entertainment for
the telethon, creating a world-class television show that met the standards of all participating TV stations and networks. It was
imperative that the entertainment, talent
and production values were all first class.
TV stations were donating air time
and the telethon had to keep their viewers
watching, and attract an expanded audience. An excellent production helped sustain participating stations. As a producer,
Glore insisted on diversity at all levels of the
production team, from writers to talent to
production staff.
The late Chris Edley Jr., then CEO of
UNCF, assigned our own Melvin B. Shaw
to develop and manage the telethon with
special emphasis on staff development,
volunteer training and management, sponsorship and TV/radio recruiting.
Shaw’s team was charged with creating
an annual fundraising plan for the telethon;
producing the local TV segments; recruiting additional national and local sponsors;
developing a network of TV, radio and cable
stations to air the telethon; and developing
a well-trained pool of staff and volunteers.
Early UNCF team members included James
Alston, William Allen, Carmen Botto, Jan
Honore, Kristie Patton, Stephen McDaniel,
Harriet Morgan Ecton, Valerie Davis, William Casey, and Ron Bookman.
This team – and others – helped make
the telethon a catalyst through which the
African-American community supported
the goal and mission of UNCF. It engaged
people from all across the community,
giving each an opportunity to become
involved, give and be recognized on TV
and radio.
Anheuser-Busch and UNCF developed
an ideal cause marketing partnership, one
that advanced the internal and external
business, financial and marketing goals
of each. Most importantly, this fabulous
partnership of resources helped to educate
thousands of our young men and women.
Mel and Pearl Shaw, owners of fundraising consultancy firm Saad&Shaw,
can be reached at 901-522-8727 or saadandshaw.com.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Patrick Accounting Firm Growing
Again, With HQ Move
Andy Meek
Growth has been one of the constants
of the accounting firm Matthew Patrick
founded in 2003 which bears his name.
And he's preparing for more after tax
season this year. Around May 1, his accounting firm – as well as its sister payroll
business, Patrick Payroll – will shift its
headquarters from Germantown to East
Memphis, more than doubling its footprint
in the process.
Meanwhile, his business also looks to
continue this year expanding its headcount at its usual rate of about three or
four professionals a year. The total right
now stands at 17, and Patrick said three
already have been added this year.
“We kind of foresee ourselves probably getting to where we’re at 35 maybe
within three years,” said Patrick, who in
his accounting career has done stints with
national firms like Deloitte & Touche and
Arthur Andersen in addition to launching
his own. “That’s kind of our goal.”
He’s moving his businesses from their
current 4,500-square-foot space at 9045
Forest Centre Drive to 1064 Oakhaven
Road, where they’ll have more than 10,000
square feet.
Patrick Real Estate LLC bought the
office building for $970,000 on Dec. 22.
Landon Williams and Kemp Conrad with
Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors represented the buyers, and Don
Drinkard with CBRE Memphis represented
the seller, RPK Investments LLC.
“It’s just really been a great year on
the accounting side, and we’re trying to
continue to grow some more,” Patrick
said. “We’re going to go in here with a lot
of capacity for future growth.
“We’ve been in our current space
now for five years and already expanded
here once. We expanded here about four
months ago, but we knew that was a temporary fix until we got a new space.”
The central location was another plus
that convinced Patrick to pick the East
Memphis location. A lot of his business
includes work around Memphis, especially
involving places like Midtown and Downtown that he said aren’t necessarily quick
or convenient to get to from Germantown.
One of the reasons for the firm’s con-
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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The CFO works with the President/CEO on United Way’s strategic
vision, including fostering/cultivating stakeholder relationships. The
position provides leadership for maintaining, managing, safeguarding
and protecting the organization’s resources in a comprehensive, accurate
and timely manner. The CFO must communicate information clearly and
effectively at staff, committee, and Board levels.
The CFO manages major expenditures such as grants, salaries, benefits
and occupancy costs in accordance with all regulations and budget
requirements. The position maintains investments with recommendations of
professional advisors and consistent with policies and objectives approved
by the Board. The CFO provides oversight and responsibility for recording
and accounting for workplace campaign pledges, revenue and restrictions
in approved and prescribed manners. The position also provides oversight
and responsibility for United Way’s human resources work, information
technology, and upkeep/management of our headquarters building.
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is required, and a Certified
Public Accountant license is preferred. Previous experience as a Controller
or Chief Financial Officer-level position is required, with a minimum of ten
(10) years of financial/management experience with day-to-day operations
of an organization employing 50+ staff. Public accounting experience is
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Send resume and cover letter in pdf format to
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MATTHEW PATRICK
sistent growth has to do with the niche
it’s carved out for itself. Patrick was with
Deloitte & Touche for about 18 months before deciding to hang out his own shingle.
Once he did, and once he got a few
years under his belt leading a solo shop, he
settled into a focus exclusively on working
with small-business owners.
In 2014, he also launched a payroll
business as a complement to his firm.
The idea was to offer clients even more
services, to free up business owners from
things like the expense and hassle of processing their payrolls in-house.
One of the ideas that accountants and
the owners of accounting firms mention
consistently is their preference for a proactive attitude among clients, and Patrick is
no different. In other words, accountants
like him increasingly position themselves
not as someone to help a client look back
and get their house in order based on
things that have already happened – but
to help them see around corners and to
plan for the future.
“For the rest of this year, we’re really
going to be plugging our clients in to understanding their stuff better,” he said.
“We’re not just filling out tax forms or creating audited financial statements. That’s
not who we are. We want to give them the
insight to make good decisions. Really having a process to allow them to understand
what they’re getting from us, what they’re
seeing, so they can make great decisions.”
The Moving Election
The 2016 presidential primaries come to Tennessee
Bill Dries
The Trump balloons were a
late arrival to the Shelby County
Republican party’s annual Lincoln Day Gala, the local party’s
largest annual fundraiser.
They were an unsubtle accent in a room of 500 people
where unabashed hand-to-hand
campaigning kept the buzz of
conversation at a steady level for
most of the evening.
Much of the overt campaigning was among the local Republican contenders for the 8th Congressional District seat incumbent Stephen Fincher is giving up.
But the March 1 Tennessee
presidential primaries – one of
13 primaries or caucuses on the
same day – are undeniable draws.
There was a Marco Rubio
autographed hat and book in the
silent auction. A Rubio supporter
wearing a lapel sticker confessed
that he was wearing a Donald
Trump brand tie.
“I can’t help it. They are good
ties,” he told County Commission
chairman Terry Roland, who is
leading the local Trump effort.
“Will you work with us if (Donald) Trump wins?” Roland asked,
getting to the point immediately.
He got no answer.
Elsewhere in the crowd there
were supporters of Ohio Gov.
John Kasich wearing lapel stickers. Kasich was due in Memphis
Friday, Feb. 26, with more of the
contenders – Republican and
Democratic – certain to put in
appearances before the March 1
primary election day.
Ted Cruz drew a large and enthusiastic crowd during the summer at Agricenter International.
Rubio and Jeb Bush held
private fundraisers in the county
this fall.
The Lincoln Day silent auction included two autographed
posters from U.S. Sen. Lamar
Alexander’s brief 1996 run for the
presidency.
The red and black plaidthemed post was for a “walking
tour” across New Hampshire of
“Concord to Nashua to the Sea.”
That’s just about where the
2016 Republican presidential
primaries were as Alexander and
fellow U.S. Sen. Bob Corker spoke
on Feb. 20 to the local Republican
gathering. As they spoke Trump
won the South Carolina primary
with Rubio and Cruz in a virtual
tie for second and third.
“We’re a long way from having a nominee,” Alexander said,
likening the debates among the
Republican contenders to watching “the mud wrestling channel.”
“I think we should turn our
nomination process over to the
National Football League,” he
said. “Everybody tries to put the
Super Bowl of presidential politics at the beginning instead of the
end. We need to let this process
run all the way through to the
end. We need to get down to two
candidates.”
The primaries are a moving political contest that moves
slowly in the context of these
social-media fueled times.
The candidates are also
changing as the scenery changes
in the dual races for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations. Thirteen states
in one election day is the point at
which campaigns cede states to
the other contenders and do the
math to figure how to get the most
effort into the states where they
realistically have a chance, but in
which the race is close.
Corker confessed that he’s
been watching political news
coverage more than he normally
does in recent weeks.
“The American people obviously are very angry right now.
It’s interesting,” he said. “It’s on
both sides of the aisle. I think
that the American people know
that we still are failing to address
the central issues to make this
country flourish in the way we’d
like to see it flourish, and be safe.”
One of those issues is what
Corker said is the Republican
party’s need to acknowledge and
address the nation’s “wealth gap.”
“We’re not talking much
about that now,” Corker told the
ballroom full of Republicans.
Earlier he said both parties ignore it at their own peril as it fuels
some of the anger reflected in the
earlier primary choices.
“It does exist and they wonder
how it is that those of us who create policy are going to help solve
that problem, creating an environment for people’s standards of
living to rise,” Corker said.
It’s been about 16 years since
Memphians had a political figure
running for president that they
had some history with – the candidacy of former U.S. senator and
Vice President Al Gore who became the Democratic presidential
nominee. It’s more recent on the
Republican side where former
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
carried Shelby County in the 2008
Tennessee presidential primary.
Huckabee’s next-door-neighbor appeal, however, paled in
comparison to the popularity of
another former Arkansas governor, Bill Clinton. Yet Clinton’s
decades-long cultivation of Memphis Democrats wasn’t transferrable to his wife Hillary Clinton in
2008 when she sought the Democratic presidential nomination
the first time. Shelby County went
for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama
even though the former first lady,
U.S. senator and future Secretary
of State carried the state in the
Democratic primary.
The Memphis campaign apparatus of Vermont Sen. Bernie
Sanders includes former Shelby
County commissioner and Shelby
County Democratic Party chairman Matt Kuhn, who worked as
a volunteer in Bill Clinton’s 1992
campaign and in Al Gore’s 2000
campaign.
Kuhn has run other people’s
campaigns for a living.
“The first four states of a
presidential campaign are retail
politics,” Kuhn told Sanders supporters. “It goes from retail to
wholesale real quick. We have the
power in this state to make this a
retail state for Bernie Sanders.”
Kuhn and Sanders’ traveling
staff, fresh from the Iowa caucuses, have
set up shop just a few blocks west on Poplar
Avenue from the Clinton office.
And they made it clear at their February opening that they are going after the
same Memphis voters as Clinton – AfricanAmerican Democrats who supported Bill
Clinton in his two presidential campaigns
in the 1990s and then supported Obama
over Hillary Clinton in 2008.
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen was among
those who backed Obama early in the 2008
primary skirmish when Clinton was the
favorite for the nomination.
He headed up the effort to turn out the
Clinton asked rhetorically. “They are paying attention to the powerful and special
interests.”
Tennessee has gone “red” – been carried by the Republican nominee for president in every presidential general election
since Al Gore lost his home state in the 2000
general election.
Corker doesn’t think that will change.
“I don’t have any thoughts about Tennessee not being a red state in 2016. I think
that’s a given,” Corker said. “The question
is what are people in Tennessee going to
decide. … The debates have been sort of
raucous. But who now do they believe is the
Former President Bill Clinton campaigned
for his wife at Whitehaven High School
and less than a week later Vice President
Joe Biden visited the area – each with
very different ways of appealing to
voters.
Supporters of Republican presidential
contenders Marco Rubio, John Kasich
and Donald Trump were among those who
gathered in February for the local GOP’s
annual Lincoln Day Gala. Meanwhile
U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob
Corker avoided an endorsement of any
presidential candidate saying the party
should nominate someone with crossover
appeal.
The Memphis Bernie Sanders
headquarters opened just a few
blocks from the local Hillary Clinton
headquarters with both campaigns
appealing to Memphis Democrats who
supported Bill Clinton in the 1990s and
Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in the
2008 Democratic primary.
Republican presidential contender Ted
Cruz campaigned in Memphis in August
drawing a large crowd at Agricenter
International. Cruz was notable then for
taking jabs at all of his Republican rivals
except Donald Trump.
(Photos: Andrew J. Breig and Bill Dries)
Democratic base locally for Obama’s 2012
re-election effort.
He declared early on for Hillary Clinton
in 2016.
But he doesn’t like what’s he’s been
hearing between the two camps on the
primary road to Tennessee.
“I don’t want anybody in our campaign
to say anything bad about Bernie Sanders,”
Cohen said at the opening of the Memphis
Clinton campaign headquarters.
“Most of the bills we’ve sponsored together and most of the places we’ve gone
to speak on issues — we haven’t been successful because Bernie and I see things in a
big way,” he said of his work with Sanders
on legislation. “Some of the things where
we agree, you agree. But they aren’t going
to happen. It’s unfortunate.”
“We lost in New Hampshire but we are
not going to lose here,” Andrew Markoff
said at the Feb. 18 opening of the Hillary
Clinton Memphis headquarters.
Markoff came to Memphis fresh from
the New Hampshire primaries.
Hillary Clinton’s last stop in Memphis
was a November 2015 appearance on the
campus of LeMoyne-Owen College.
“I’m going to campaign in Tennessee to try to turn it blue in November of
2016,” Clinton declared a week before
Thanksgiving.
“Why are Republicans standing in
the way on health care and so much else?
Why do they want to turn the clock back?”
best to bring out the best in our nation?”
Part of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 problem
in Memphis was generational and some
of it was caused by Bill Clinton’s attacks
on Obama.
The former president campaigned for
his wife at Whitehaven High School Feb.
11 to a capacity crowd of 700.
It was a return to Clinton’s form of the
1990s as he spoke for nearly an hour and
worked the crowd after his speech for 25
minutes before sprinting to his waiting car.
Over the next few days, a closer analysis
of the text of his 52-minute speech that covered a lot of ground turned up statements
about the financial and economic system
being “rigged.”
“There have always been those who
were too greedy,” he said. “There have
always been people who would take advantage. That’s what we are supposed to
have government for … managing the risk
and prosecuting the abuses.”
It was a hard sell that in a few places
drew a distinction between a Hillary
Clinton presidency and a Barack Obama
presidency.
Six days later, Vice President Joe Biden
showed a lighter and more subtle touch
that national figures not running for political office can afford to use.
His remarks at the Norfolk Southern
intermodal yard in Rossville gave an idea
of what a Biden Democratic primary
campaign could have looked like. And the
glimpse revealed a much different appeal
to crossover voters with no identification
of “Democratic” and “Republican” values.
Biden repeatedly appealed to the bluecollar intermodal yard workers wearing
hard hats and safety vests in the group of
250, aware that at least some were Republicans or independents.
Biden talked about rebuilding the
middle class through jobs like those at the
yard, partially built with federal stimulus
funding, and through manufacturing jobs.
What he defined was a middle class
that candidates in both parties have talked
about in more partisan terms.
“Being able to own your own home
and not have to rent it. Being able to send
your kid to a park and you know they are
going to come home safe,” Biden said. “Being able to send your kid to a public high
school and they do well and get to college
and they can figure out how to get them to
college and pay for it. And be able to take
care of mom or dad when the other one
dies in their geriatric years and hope your
kids never have to take care of you. That’s
becoming a vanishing idea.”
Not everyone who attended these local
events supports a particular candidate.
That was the case in August among
the crowd of 500 that came to see Cruz at
Agricenter International.
Some disagree with Cruz on many issues, but admired his ability to raise $14.3
million in three months from 175,000 contributors who each gave an average of $68.
Politicos want to see not only what a
candidate is saying but how they are saying
it and what the campaign mechanics are
saying to those at the rallies as they enter
and leave.
What several noticed in August was that
Cruz said nothing about Donald Trump.
That was despite referring to “bipartisan
corruption” and a “party of Washington”
that includes Republicans and Democratic
leaders in Congress.
“If you think things are going great in
Washington, that we need to keep going
in the same direction – just fiddle around
the edges – then I ain’t your guy,” he said.
“If you think Washington is fundamentally
broken, that it is corrupt with a bipartisan
corruption of career politicians in both
parties … that’s what this campaign is all
about.”
And Cruz saw the national path to the
White House for Republicans as one that
doesn’t involve crossover Democrats.
He complained of electing “Democratlite” to the White House.
Alexander has long been an advocate
of the necessity of Republican crossover.
And it has earned him the enmity of Tea
Party Republicans.
But Alexander says the crossover is
what it will take to win the White House
in 2016.
“I think our candidates need to talk
about what’s right about America. I want
to see them reach out to independents
and Democrats,” he said. “Shelby County
Republicans have done better than any
other part of our state in reaching out to
independents and Democrats because
they know they can’t win if they don’t
know that. I think our presidential candidates could take a good lesson from
Shelby County Republicans about how
to win elections. A good conservative
who loses cannot appoint Justice Scalia’s
replacement.”
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From Skyscraper to Dugout
New Rhodes College AD Jeff Cleanthes Returned to His Passion
Don Wade
dwade@memphisdailynews.com
Sometimes regrets and nagging “what
if?” questions wait for a man at the end of
his life, pushed out of view amid the everyday race to do the next thing, to just keep
moving forward.
Until, finally, a man can ignore them
no more.
But other times fate gives a man an
opportunity to recognize, while he’s still
young, that this is in fact not a dress rehearsal.
And so it was for Jeff Cleanthes on Feb.
26, 1993, in New York City – the day terrorists parked a van in a garage underneath
the World Trade Center’s twin towers and
detonated a homemade bomb. Six people
were killed and more than 1,000 were
injured in an explosion that left a crater
several stories deep.
Smoke from the blast rose to the upper
levels of the skyscrapers, to where Cleanthes was working as an accountant on the
98th floor of One World Tower.
“It took almost three hours to get out of
the building,” said Cleanthes, 48, baseball
coach at Rhodes College and who is succeeding the retiring Mike Clary as athletic
director. “I was coming down the stairs and
for 30 or 40 floors I couldn’t even see the
person in front of me. I didn’t think I was
getting out, to be honest with you.”
Not long after Cleanthes gave up his bigcity job paying him $50,000 a year (a nice
sum back then) and accepted a $12,000-ayear job as junior varsity baseball coach
at his alma mater, Somers High School in
Somers, N.Y.
“I needed to get back on the baseball
field,” he said.
He moved up the ranks, eventually get-
After 20 years of moving through the ranks, Jeff Cleanthes, 48, head coach of the
Rhodes baseball team since 2004, was recently named to replace Mike Clary as the
college’s new athletic director. (Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
ting an assistant coaching job in college and
then a head coaching position at Keuka
College. He got the Rhodes head coaching
position in 2004 when the program and its
facilities were, to put it gently, substandard.
Daniel Vanaman, 30, who today teaches
in the commerce and business department
at Rhodes, checked out the baseball program in 2004 and the baseball diamond was
more a field of weeds than dreams.
“Horrible,” Vanaman said. “I played
at Christian Brothers (High School). Their
facility is phenomenal. So it kinda would
have been a step down.”
But it was a step Vanaman ended up
taking. He comes from a baseball family.
His brother Yogi is the coach at Cordova
High and his grandfather, George Holt,
assists. His father, Mike Vanaman, has
been head coach at several Memphisarea schools and is now an assistant at St.
George’s Independent School.
With all those baseball influences Daniel says he was encouraged to go to Division
I University of Memphis. But his mom suggested he consider Rhodes.
And that was all Cleanthes needed.
“Within a few minutes, he makes an
impression,” Daniel Vanaman said.
As Cleanthes resurrected the program,
Vanaman was in the middle of it and
became a Division III All-American first
baseman his junior year.
“He could mash,” Cleanthes said.
The larger story when put in the context
of the new role Cleanthes is taking on is not
about All-Americans or the wins and losses,
but the fundraising and improvements to
facilities.
The two, of course, are connected.
In 2008, Cleanthes led the effort to raise
$750,000 to renovate the baseball complex
with additions and/or enhancements
to seating, dugouts, bullpens, press box
and warning track. Early in 2011, another
$340,000 was raised so a storage space
could be transformed into a locker room
and baseball offices behind the first base
dugout.
Now, the baseball facilities are among
the best at the Division III level.
Obviously, Rhodes recruits local players
in all sports. But many student-athletes
come from well beyond Memphis – from
private schools in California, Atlanta, Dallas
and Houston, among other locales.
“Most of those schools have amazing
facilities,” said Cleanthes, who excelled
as both a baseball and soccer player at
Division III Drew University in Madison,
N.J. before getting his master’s degree in
accounting from Rutgers in 1992.
This being Division III, where athletic
scholarships are not awarded, the student
in student-athlete really does come first.
And yet being competitive – yes, winning
– still matters.
The baseball team won 33 games each
of the last two seasons. Baseball, football,
men’s basketball, and both the men’s and
women’s golf squads have reached NCAA
tournaments in recent years. The women’s
basketball team has gone three straight
years.
Cleanthes is still coaching the baseball
team this season, but soon he will be a fulltime AD and will have to step away from the
baseball field. Some of his best memories
from childhood are of going to New York
cleanthes continued on P36
Birth of a Product Company, Part Two
In the last column I profiled a too-common scenario. A person with passion, drive
and talent created a handful of products
without considering the many factors of
launching a new company in a complex,
overcrowded market.
“Think of it this way,” I continued.
“Look at these early product concepts as
prototypes, a proof of concept,” I continued. “You can test pricing, sales, returns,
which SKUs sell at the fastest clips, and
general desirability for the whole line.”
She had a lost look on her face. Then,
I unintentionally made the lost look sour
by asking, “Where did you plan on test
marketing these?”
“Brother,” she said in her bewilderedyet-trying-to-stay-cool tone, “I know not
of what you speak, test marketing.” Silence
engulfed us.
“Well, you have to see if anyone will
buy it. Based on the local angle and high-
MICHAEL GRABER
LET’S GROW
end, handcrafted sensibilities, maybe you
should try a few boutiques, gift shops and
even a farmers’ market,” I said. “You’ll
know in a few days if you there is market
for your products.”
“How do you do that?” she asked. “Who
has time to do it?”
This question made it clear to me that
she was thinking like a creator, a craftsperson, and not a like a business person.
“My dear friend, how long did it take
you to gather all the materials, discover
the right mix of ingredients, and price what
you have?”
“My whole life.”
“And you can’t take a few mornings and
do a little business development?”
“I thought I’d just set up a free website
and sell it through it.”
“How are people going to know you
exist? Once you tap your social media
connections and email list – your lowhanging fruit – you’ll have to set up SEO,
pay-per-click advertising, produce and
update a blog, and more, just for starters,”
I added, “but you’ll need to understand
the market first. Where are the watering
holes where your tribe hangs out – what
web sites, what pins on Pinterest – who
are your competitors? What are their
costs, who are the brands, what are their
strategies?
“What are the trends in this segment
of the marketing? And, what happens if
you do only a handful of these tactics, according to written strategy, and your sales
take off? Can you produce enough to meet
demand?
“Then, when it is time to scale growth,
you’ll have to have a distribution plan.
What are the channels? What are your
wholesale margins? What is your plan for
manufacturing at scale? Have you modeled
out your costs? Do you have a formal pricing strategy? Marketing plan? What about
capital? You’ll need money to make all of
these moves and hit growth milestones.
Also, you should benchmark companies
you like.”
“Wow, wow, wow – that’s a whole lot.
How would you suggest I even start?” she
asked.
See part three next week.
Michael Graber, managing partner
of the Southern Growth Studio, can be
reached at southerngrowthstudio.com.
SPORTS
Post-Gasol: Grizz Doing What They
Have To Do, How They Have To Do It
Don Wade
dwade@memphisdailynews.com
Marc Gasol has said it. Zach
Randolph has said it. Tony Allen
has said it ad nauseam.
“We hang our hats on the defensive end.”
So when point guard Mike
Conley said it, it wasn’t unusual
– except for the fact it came after
the Grizzlies had scored a seasonhigh 128 points – while giving up
119 – in a victory over the Los
Angeles Lakers Wednesday, Feb.
24, at FedExForum.
“We have to get adapted,”
Conley said of the team’s new
pace and full-on departure from
a ground-and-pound offense now
that center Marc Gasol (broken
foot) is lost for the season and
beat-the-deadline trades have
churned the team’s rotation.
“We’re used to hanging our hat on
the defensive end. We’re a different team. We’re gonna give up a
couple of buckets. But we have a
lot of firepower.”
Or at least they did in scoring
104 points and beating the young
Minnesota Timberwolves and in
flirting with 130 points against
Point guard Mike Conley had 24 points and 8 assists in the Grizzles' 128-119 victory over the Lakers
on Feb. 24. Despite losing center Marc Gasol for the season, Conley believes Memphis still can be a
"dangerous" team come the postseason. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
the hapless Lakers, who lost their
seventh straight.
The Grizzlies were to turn
around play the Lakers again, on
Friday, Feb. 26 at Staples Center
in L.A., and playing a team twice
in three days sometimes fosters
an upset.
But at the point Kobe Bryant
was leaving FedExForum for the
last time as a player (13 points on
5-for-14 shooting) and the Lakes
were headed out of town, there
was little doubt that they were an
easy mark.
“The last three games especially, we just haven’t been able
to guard anyone,” Lakers coach
Byron Scott said. “Teams are scoring pretty much at will, outside
and inside.”
To his point: San Antonio
scored 119 points on Feb. 19,
Chicago 126 points two days later,
and Milwaukee 108 points the
next night.
So let’s not proclaim these the
Go-Go Grizzlies just yet.
“There were a lot of points
scored on both ends,” said Grizzlies forward Brandan Wright
after contributing 15 of them
himself.
Matt Barnes scored a seasonhigh 25 points against the Lakers, Conley had 24 as six players
reached double figures and two
other Grizzlies had at least eight
points. They shot 56.5 percent
from the floor and made 13-of-27
threes for 48.1 percent.
“Usually, those are fun games
for us and tough games for the
coaches to watch,” Wright said.
And yes, that “Amen” you hear
is coming from Grizzlies coach
grizzlies continued on P36
Still Kobe, or a Reasonable Facsimile Thereof
Long before tip-off of Kobe Bryant’s last
game in Memphis, Janice Brown was outfitted in her purple No. 24 Lakers jersey, Lakers
cap, and holding a Kobe Fathead.
She stood by the tunnel through which
her hero would jog onto court for his final
game at FedExForum, a place where in 2007
he hung 60 points on the Grizzlies – the most
by any NBA player in this building ever.
Brown, 41, was smiling, recalling the
time a few years ago when she got Kobe’s
autograph and took a picture with him.
“Bittersweet,” she said of her feelings
now. “Because I know he’s not coming
back.”
Apply layers to that comment if you
wish. There was what Kobe was and, as we
see night in and night out on his Farewell
Tour, there is what he is.
Going into his last game here, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, let the record show, he
had scored more points (1,603) against the
Grizzlies than any other NBA player, and
shot 45.7 percent from the field at FedExForum – his fourth-best percentage at any
arena.
But at 37 and in his last season, Kobe
has been neither prone to volume scoring
nor efficient shooting. He isn’t Joe Namath
hobbling to an inglorious end with the Los
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DON WADE
Angeles Rams nor Willie Mays tripping
and falling in the outfield during a World
Series game with the New York Mets, but
it’s time to go.
Even so, that doesn’t mean he is incapable of manipulating Father Time in
small moments. He hit the first shot he took
Wednesday – a straightaway 3-pointer. He
scored seven points in the first quarter,
albeit taking seven shots to do it.
He finished with 13 points on 5-for-14
shooting.
The real lasting memory: The crowd’s
chants of “Kobe, Kobe, Kobe!”
“I’ve had 20 great years,” he said afterward. “You can’t play forever.”
We didn’t get the Kobe-Tony Allen
matchup we wanted – Allen sat out with
a sore knee – but Kobe again gave Allen
his defensive due: “He was the only one
who really took the challenge of playing
straight up.”
The only one who wasn’t afraid of him,
he means.
Beyond his sheer talent and five NBA
championship rings, it is the sense Kobe was
always doing everything on his own terms
that defined him and made fans like Janice
Brown fall in love with him.
“He was cold-blooded,” she said. “I
liked that.”
Phil Jackson could have an interesting
conversation with her about the complications of Kobe, but that’s yesterday’s drama.
So, too, the potential image-killing sexual
assault allegation against Bryant, then 24,
by a 19-year-old woman who worked at a
Colorado hotel where the superstar was
staying.
Criminal charges against Bryant ultimately were dropped (Bryant said it was
a consensual encounter) and a civil suit
against him ended in an out-of-court settlement. But there was a cost at home: a $4
million eight-carat purple diamond ring he
bought for wife Vanessa.
Judging by the mass adoration being
shown as he goes around the league, the
incident no longer registers.
“It didn’t change my love for him,”
Brown said. “People make mistakes off the
court. He was still Kobe on the court.”
And for a little while longer he remains
Kobe on the court. Not the best Kobe, not
the most-feared Kobe, but one that can stir
the echoes, still get the fans to throw on
the purple and gold jerseys and come out
one last time.
“I’ve played the majority of my career at
a high level, to the point fans want to come
out and watch. Especially now,” said Kobe,
who is lugging around a mortal 17.1 scoring
average this season, or eight points below
his career average.
There was a moment in the second
quarter against the Grizzlies when Kobe
made a rocking back-to-his defender move
to create space for a patented fade-away
jumper over Lance Stephenson. The crowd
gasped as the shot left his hands … and
gasped again when he missed it.
But Kobe has missed more shots than
anyone in NBA history, so what’s a few
more?
Said Brown, while she can, “At least he’s
still playing.”
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NEWSMAKERS
ANGELA COPELAND
Duke Takes Reins At
Friends for Life
CAREER CORNER
Beyond The
Resume
Resume writing can be one of the most
frustrating parts of the job search process.
Many job seekers focus close to 100 percent
of their energy on perfecting their resume.
And, it makes sense. We’re often squeezing up to 20 years of work experience, our
education and any community involvement
onto two pages. We want to ensure the entire
document is accurate, easy to read and free
of typos.
We are also taught to simply apply online.
If we’re the right fit, someone will call us.
In the Internet world, our resume can feel
like our voice. It’s what tells our story and
communicates our successes. Conventional
wisdom would teach us that the better the
resume, the better our chances are of landing a job.
Unfortunately, focusing on the resume
alone isn’t the answer to our job search frustrations. Very often, when we apply online,
our resume is never even seen by a real person. It’s seen by a computer. That computer
may or may not ever pass our resume along
to the hiring manager. And, it isn’t necessarily because we aren’t a good fit.
What I’m suggesting isn’t that we give
up on the resume altogether. It should be
polished. We should be proud of it, so we
can share it when asked – or send it when
we’re applying for a particular position. But,
once it’s completed, we should move on to
the bigger, more impactful parts of our job
search. The most important part of looking
for a job is, without a doubt, networking.
Rather than spend hours each week
perfecting the bullets on your resume, spend
that time researching professional groups of
interest to you. Also look into clubs related to
your hobbies, where you might meet people
you would not otherwise run into. Attend
these networking events and put forth an effort to connect and get to know new people.
Spend time perfecting your elevator
pitch. Think carefully about how you talk
about yourself and what you’re looking for.
Be specific. It’s easiest for contacts to help
you find a job when you’re clear about what
you want in a future career.
And, most of all, don’t go into every situation with a specific goal in mind. Don’t ask
every person you talk to if they will get you a
job. Volunteer your time, even if it may not
end in a new position. Have coffee meetings
with others, even when they aren’t hiring.
Look for ways to give back. Reconnect to
those you already know.
One of the best ways to build your network is to approach people with a genuine
interest, and no strings attached. Nobody
wants to feel like you’re only friends with
them in order to get something out of them.
Treat others in a way that you would want to
be treated. And, when someone does ask for
a copy of your resume, have one available to
provide that you can feel proud of – even if
it’s not perfect.
Angela Copeland is CEO and founder of
Copeland Coaching and can be reached at
CopelandCoaching.com.
Kate Simone
ksimone@memphisdailynews.com
Longtime nonprofit administrator DIANE DUKE recently took the helm of
Friends for Life as its new executive director. In her new role, the Los Angeles
native leads and oversees an organization that’s helping those affected by HIV/
AIDS through the provision of education, housing, food, transportation and
healthy life skills training.
Hometown: Los Angeles
Experience: 28 years nonprofit management, including YMCA, American Heart
Association, Planned Parenthood and Free Speech Coalition. Bachelor of Arts, sociology, and Master of Business
Administration, University
of Oregon
Family: Partner Shelley, sons
Jason (San Diego, Calif.) and
Austin (Bellingham, Wash.)
and dogs Cora and Walter
(Memphis)
Favorite quote: “There is
nothing to fear but fear itself.”
Favorite movie: “Heart and
Soul”
they taught me about strong
Southern women.
The sports team(s) you root
for: NHL - Los Angeles Kings
What attracted you to Friends
for Life? Working with those
impacted by HIV and related
issues has been a passion
of mine. I flew to Memphis
and was immediately taken
with the exceptional staff and
board. Then I spent a few days
in Memphis and I was hooked.
What’s playing on your stereo
right now? Andy Grammer,
“Good to be Alive”
Activities you enjoy outside
of work: Kayaking, cooking,
horseback riding, yoga, hiking,
concerts and the theater
What are your goals in your
new position? Provide leadership and guidance that facilitates Friends for Life reaching
more clients with quality services, thus leading to lower
transmission of HIV and better
quality of life for Memphis and
What talent do you wish you
had? I wish I could sing.
Who has had the greatest influence on you and why? My
mother and grandmother,
Rip Haney, affiliate broker with MarxBensdorf Realtors, has
been named the incoming president for
the Multi Million Dollar Club of the Memphis Area Association
HANEY
of Realtors. Haney will
begin his term as president in June.
Andre B. Mathis has been promoted
to member of Glankler Brown PLLC.
Mathis concentrates
his practice in the areas of employment
law, civil litigation and
criminal litigation.
Mindy Okeon
Mattingly has joined
MATHIS
Marx-Bensdorf Realtors as an affiliate broker. Mattingly is a
licensed attorney and practiced law with
Glankler Brown PLLC before becoming
a Realtor.
DIANE DUKE
all the Mid-South community.
What do you consider your
greatest accomplishment?
Raising two boys who turned
out to be incredible men.
What do you most enjoy
about your work? I enjoy interacting with a broad spectrum of people from all walks
of life and experiences.
If you could give one piece of
advice to young people, what
would it be? Travel.
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Christian Centers as
chief development
and communications
officer. Hall comes to
the NCC with many
years of sales experiHALL
ence and local community involvement.
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THE TIPPING POINT
Working with the Disabled Made Kem Wilson a Warrior for Equality
John Klyce Minervini
Special to The Memphis News
At age 25, Kem Wilson had his whole
life laid out for him.
He had graduated from Furman with
an undergraduate degree in business
administration. Newly engaged, he had
a promising job at a Memphis financial
consulting firm. Now all he had to do was
take his rightful place at the head of the
family business.
Which, frankly, was nothing to sneeze
at. Named for Wilson’s grandfather, Kemmons Wilson Companies had begun as a
hotel chain and broadened into sectors
like resort time sharing, insurance and
financial services.
So, as jobs prospects go, not too shabby.
Then Wilson did what no one would
have expected. On a sunny morning in
June, he and his soon-to-be wife quit their
jobs and moved to Jackson Hole, Wyo.
During college, Wilson had worked
there as a camp counselor, and he says
he was drawn to the blue skies and wide
open spaces.
“We said, let’s go figure out life,” Wilson
remembers. “We had no idea what we were
gonna do, but we knew it was gonna be an
adventure.”
For Wilson’s wife, Allison, that meant
working in a high-end gift shop. Mean-
KEM WILSON
while, Wilson got a job as a rehabilitation
trainer with Community Entry Services
(CES). Over the next two years, he coached
adults living with mental and physical disabilities, helping them get jobs, gain life
skills, and otherwise become as independent as possible.
Which was different from financial
consulting. Now Wilson spent his days
with clients who lived with severe autism
or Down syndrome. He helped them meet
basic needs like reading, bathing and getting dressed.
“It was way out of my comfort zone,”
Wilson recalls. “There was a whole lot of
laughter and a whole lot of tears.”
“And a whole lot of seizures,” he adds,
after a moment.
In the end, Wilson did come home to
run the family business. Today, along with
his brother and two cousins, he manages
day-to-day operations at Kemmons Wilson Companies, with a personal focus on
wealth management.
He also oversees the family's investment in companies like Imagineer Technology Group (software) and Evaporcool
(energy efficiency).
It’s a high-powered job. In the nine
days before our interview, Wilson – or K3,
as he’s known around the office – had flown
to New York, Boston, Chicago, Phoenix and
Palm Beach. But he says his experience in
Jackson Hole had a profound effect, one
that continues to ground him.
“I saw that we’re all created equal,” he
reflects. “I saw that each person is equally
worthy of dignity and respect.”
One way that manifests itself has been
the formation of a community service
board at work. Every two years, employees
of Kemmons Wilson Companies come together and select two partner nonprofits.
As a group, they will invest as many as 1,400
service hours with each organization.
Best part? They’re on the clock. Every
year, Kemmons Wilson Companies gives
each of its employees 32 wage hours to
invest with local nonprofits.
“You say you believe in Memphis,” Wilson remarks, leaning forward. “Well, why
not put your money where your mouth is?”
The family also directs the Kemmons
Wilson Family Foundation, a community
fund that has given over $25 million to
Memphis nonprofits over the past 25 years.
Personally, Wilson serves on the boards
of Repairing the Breach and the Gifted Education Foundation, two nonprofits that use
after-school enrichment programs to teach
life skills to kids in underserved neighborhoods. He has also served as a mentor,
paying monthly visits to a ninth grader in
Memphis’s Alcy Ball neighborhood.
“I think it’s easy to live in a bubble,”
Wilson observes. “If you ever need perspective, start mentoring. There’s a lot of hurt
out there.”
Wilson’s ongoing efforts to lift up
Memphis’s underserved kids can be linked
to his adventure in Jackson Hole. But he
says it goes back even further, to lessons
he learned at his grandfather's knee. As
a self-made man, the original Kemmons
Wilson put a famously high premium on
values like family, hard work and humility.
“Every summer from the time I was 16,
I had to have a job,” Wilson recalls. “Each
week, my dad would take my paycheck and
net out my allowance. I was like, really?”
“But now I know,” he adds, “those kinds
of lessons are important.”
Kem Wilson is a graduate of New Memphis’s Leadership Development Intensive.
Learn more at newmemphis.org.
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Profit from a Growth Mindset
RAY & DANA BRANDON
RAYS OF WISDOM
Debt After
Death
Ray’s take
You can’t take it with you. Debt, that
is. And most debt does not get passed to
a spouse or other heirs. But debt collectors may try to get the money from family
members anyway. For this reason, it’s good
to know what happens to various forms of
debt that may be left behind when a loved
one dies.
Your home is probably the first item to
come to mind – if it’s not already paid off. If
you are the co-owner or inherited the home,
then you can make the payments and the
home will be yours.
Credit card debt is probably one that
comes to mind, too. Be wary of joint accounts as the liability is joint as well. If
you are not a co-signer on the credit card
application, you are probably in the clear.
Although, if you are listed as an authorized
user, the credit card company may try to
insist that you pay.
What about the car? If your name is not
on the loan, you have a choice. If you want
to keep the car, you can make payments on
it. If you don’t want to keep it, or can’t afford
to keep it, the vehicle can be repossessed
without impacting your own credit.
Student loan debt can be tricky depending on whether the loan was a Federal loan
or a private loan. Federal loans can generally
be forgiven, private loans will require the
co-signer to pay in full.
While you may not be on the hook for the
debt, your loved one’s estate might be. And
creditors may file a claim in probate court to
collect. You should be aware that some items
are exempt from probate, such as jointly
owned real estate, retirement accounts and
life insurance policies.
While these are some common debts
that may be left behind, there are few guaranteed rules. It’s best to be aware of all debt
that you may become responsible for in the
event someone dies so that you won’t be
blindsided financially as well as emotionally.
Dana’s take
When, tragically, a parent loses an adult
child, the young adult leaves behind a lifetime of memories. More likely than not,
the adult child may hold a student loan or
other debt.
It’s good to educate yourself about what
would happen to any debt you co-signed on
for your child. You may co-sign on a student
loan, a car or a credit card to help them out
financially and to ease them into the transition from home to independence.
We never want to think about our kids
dying or becoming incapacitated, but if we
are going to co-sign on any kind of debt we
need to be informed about what might happen in a worst-case scenario so that our own
finances won’t be impacted negatively on
top of such a devastating event.
Ray Brandon, CEO of Brandon Financial
Planning, and his wife, Dana, a licensed
clinical social worker, can be reached at
brandonplanning.com.
There can be many reasons that a
company’s growth stalls – from competitive pressure to a rising cost of
goods to the changing needs of the marketplace. The common thread among
all of these challenges – and what’s
really driving the stall – is the lack of a
growth mindset among employees and
leadership.
Stanford psychology professor
Carol Dweck conducted research to
examine what causes some people to
simply cope with failure versus relish it.
“For some people, failure is the end
of the world – but for others – they relish
it,” says Dweck in the Harvard Business
Review.
The former of these two groups – the
coping group – view talent as a quality they either possess or lack, which
Dweck refers to as a “fixed mindset.”
In contrast, other people enjoy challenges, regularly seek opportunities to
learn, and consistently see potential to
develop new skills and abilities – called
a “growth mindset.”
Dweck interviewed a diverse sample
of employees from various Fortune
1000 companies and gauged the extent
to which they agreed with statements
such as, “When it comes to being successful, this company seems to believe
that people have a certain amount of
LORI TURNER- WILSON
GUERRILLA SALES & MARKETING
talent, and they really can’t do much
to change it.” High levels of agreement
with statements, like this one, point to a
fixed mindset, while low levels indicate
a growth mindset.
In fixed-mindset companies, employees felt only a small group of allstars were highly valued, and as a result,
these undervalued employees were less
committed to company growth. They
were more fearful of failing, sought
out fewer innovative projects, were
more secretive and cut more corners
than their peers in growth-mindset
companies.
Likewise, managers in fixed-mindset companies were much less positive
about the capabilities of their teams
– rating them as less innovative, collaborative and committed to learning than
their growth-mindset counterparts.
So what does it take to create an
organizational growth mindset? It starts
at the top.
Senior leadership must drive a
change in priorities – with a focus on
employee development and hiring from
within. A focus on pedigree in recruiting must be replaced with a focus on
capacity and a passion for learning.
Leadership should engage in twoway discussion with employees, regularly, regarding the company’s commitment to and vision for growth.
Resistance to change-management
efforts should be nipped in the bud,
unless the concerns are productive and
fact-based, in which case the approach
to change may need to be refined.
Embrace a fail-fast culture of risktaking where failures aren’t penalized
in cases where the failure is quickly
identified and a new iteration of the
solution is swiftly deployed.
Commit to measuring everything
and sharing those results with all employees regularly. Don’t stop moving,
even when everything seems to be
going well. Always be mindful that contingency planning for future strategies
is necessary to maintain your growth
trajectory.
Lori Turner-Wilson, CEO and
founder of RedRover Sales & Marketing
Strategy, can be reached at redrovercompany.com.
Creating a Culture of Urgency
President Lincoln once said,
“Things may come to those who wait,
but only the things left by those who
hustle.” What amazing insight from
someone living in an era we would
consider as slow-paced compared to
the frenetic pace of change in society
today.
Regardless of what you consider the
pace to be, the difference between success and failure in your business is how
you execute your business plan. Execution is the operative word. The ultimate
failure is the failure to take action.
Procrastination is the foundation
of failure, particularly when it comes
to addressing the challenges that face
your business. Creating a culture of
urgency in your business that rewards
decisive actions and encourages responsiveness and daring in addressing
issues, whether those issues are the
barriers to success, or the day-to-day
problems, is a key factor in ensuring
sustainability and growth.
It is certainly not the path of least
resistance you are taking when you decide to decide. It is hard work to be able
to quickly read situations, synthesize
information and have the confidence to
make a decision that will advance the
goals of the business. It is particularly
challenging when the situations that
MARY C. MCDONALD
GUEST COLUMN
affect your business, whether they are
global, national, or local, change rapidly and your pro-active response will
make the difference between success
and failure.
Staying competitive, ahead of the
curve, or even surviving requires operating within a culture of urgency that
is rooted in bold, informed decisionmaking.
Thomas Edison said, “The successful person has the habit of doing the
things failures don’t like to do.” One of
those things is addressing problems in
a timely and decisive way.
True, there are some people who
are serial incompetents and insist on
squeezing their way around that situation that has become the “elephant
in the room.” However, a full-grown,
seven-ton elephant doesn’t usually
make a sudden appearance. It enters
the room as a 200-pound problem calf
who stays, feeds on avoidance and indecision, and grows. The ability to rec-
ognize and address problems quickly
and implement workable solutions is
a hallmark of greatness.
In some businesses, the culture of
“This is the way we’ve always done it”
is the elephant itself. Just saying that
things are going to change without
any meaningful change taking place is
at the root of unrealized achievement.
This is particularly true in more
established companies where success
is connected more to the way things
were than to the way the world operates
now. So they drift along with the status
quo, waiting for their customers to
come to their senses. By the time they
realize that their customers are passing
them by, it is often too late to make the
significant changes needed to reverse
their fortunes.
The real challenge in making a
sense of urgency a part of your business culture is becoming comfortable
living in the wisdom of uncertainty,
and being able to monitor decisions
and adjust quickly in response to what
is not working. Speed is a competitive
advantage today and the ability to keep
things moving promotes success.
Dr. Mary C. McDonald, a National
Education Consultant, can be reached
at 901-574-2956 or mcd-partners.com.
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Foreclosure Notices
Fayette County
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
WHEREAS, default has occurred in the
performance of the covenants, terms,
and conditions of a Deed of Trust Note
dated January 19, 2005, and the Deed
of Trust of even date securing the same,
recorded January 28, 2005, in Book
No. D761, at Page 402, in Office of the
Register of Deeds for Fayette County,
Tennessee, executed by Joel Rivers
and Sheila Rivers, conveying certain
property therein described to First Title
Corporation as Trustee for Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,
as a nominee for BNC Mortgage, Inc.,
its successors and assigns; and the
undersigned, Wilson & Associates,
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee for Structured
Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certificates, Series 20053.
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby
given that the entire indebtedness has
been declared due and payable; and
that an agent of Wilson & Associates,
P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by virtue
of the power, duty, and authority vested
in and imposed upon said Successor
Trustee, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset
Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-3, will,
on March 7, 2016 on or about 10:00
AM, at the Fayette County Courthouse,
Somerville, Tennessee, offer for sale
certain property hereinafter described to
the highest bidder FOR certified funds
paid at the conclusion of the sale, or
credit bid from a bank or other lending
entity pre-approved by the successor
trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in
the Deed of Trust, said property being
real estate situated in Fayette County,
Tennessee, and being more particularly
described as follows:
BEGINNING AT A STAKE IN SOUTH
MARGIN OF LIBERTY ROAD, THIS
POINT BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT NO. 11 OF TOWNSEND
SUBDIVISION NO. 2, FROM SAID
POINT OF BEGINNING SOUTH 321.4
FEET TO A STAKE IN NORTH LINE OF
LOT NO. 14, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT NO. 11; THENCE
WEST 129 FEET TO A STAKE, THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT NO.
13; THENCE NORTH 351.2 FEET
TO A STAKE IN SOUTH MARGIN OF
SAID LIBERTY ROAD, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT NO. 13;
THENCE SOUTH 77 DEGREES EAST,
WITH SOUTH MARGIN OF SAID ROAD,
132.5 FEET TO THE BEGINNING AND
CONTAINING 1.0 ACRE.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 1325 Liberty Road,
Moscow, TN 38057
This sale is subject to all matters
shown on any applicable recorded plat;
any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines
that may be applicable; any statutory
rights of redemption of any governmental
agency, state or federal; any prior liens
or encumbrances as well as any priority
created by a fixture filing; and to any
matter that an accurate survey of the
premises might disclose. In addition, the
following parties may claim an interest
in the above-referenced property:
JOEL RIvERS
SHEILA RIvERS
The sale held pursuant to this Notice
may be rescinded at the Successor
Trustee’s option at any time. The right
is reserved to adjourn the day of the
sale to another day, time, and place
certain without further publication, upon
announcement at the time and place
for the sale set forth above. W&A No.
138196
DATED February 9, 2016
WILSON & ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C.,
Successor Trustee
FOR SALE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.
MYFIR.COM and WWW.REALTYTRAC.
COM
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12760
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE
Sale at public auction will be on
March 17, 2016 at 11:00 am local time,
at the south door, Fayette County Courthouse, 16755 Highway 64, Somerville,
Tennessee, pursuant to Deed of Trust
executed by Zore W. Taylor f/k/a Zore
Warren and Robert Taylor, to Benjamin
David Baer, Trustee, on September 1,
2006 at Instrument No. 06008258; all
of record in the Fayette County Register’s Office.
Party entitled to enforce security
interest: U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for CRSMI REMIC Series
2006-03 - REMIC Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-03, its successors
and assigns
The following real estate located in
Fayette County, Tennessee, will be sold
to the highest call bidder subject to all
unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:
ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN 1ST
CIvIL DISTRICT, FAYETTE COUNTY,
STATE OF TENNESSEE, AS MORE
FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK
166, PAGE 151, ID# 67-4 .D1, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS I
ACRE, SURvEY OF ASHLEY G. WILES,
REGISTERED LAND SURvEYOR ON
11105/1969, METES AND BOUNDS
PROPERTY.
BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM THOMAS
A. JEFFERSON AND WIFE, MADGERINE
H. JEFFERSON’ AS SET FORTH IN BOOK
166 PAGE 151 DATED 10/23/1970
AND RECORDED 10/23/1970, FAYETTE COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF
TENNESSEE.
Parcel Number: 067 004.01
Current Owner(s) of Property: Zore
Warren
Street Address: 1350 Leach Rd,
Somerville, Tennessee 38068
Any property address provided is
not part of the legal description of the
property sold herein and in the event of
any discrepancy, the legal description
referenced herein shall control.
SALE IS SUBJECT TO TENANT(S)
RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.
All right of equity of redemption,
statutory and otherwise, and homestead
are expressly waived in said Deed of
Trust, and the title is believed to be
good, but the undersigned will sell and
convey only as Substitute Trustee.
If you purchase a property at the
foreclosure sale, the entire purchase
price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of
a certified/bank check made payable
to or endorsed to Shapiro & Ingle, LLP.
No personal checks will be accepted.
To this end, you must bring sufficient
funds to outbid the lender and any other
bidders. Insufficient funds will not be
accepted. Amounts received in excess
of the winning bid will be refunded to
the successful purchaser at the time
the foreclosure deed is delivered.
This property is being sold with the
express reservation that the sale is
subject to confirmation by the lender
or trustee. This sale may be rescinded
at any time.
Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, a Tennessee
limited liability partnership
Substitute Trustee
10130 Perimeter Parkway,
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
www.shapiro-ingle.com
File No. 16-104834
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12757
March 17, 2016 at 11:00 am local
time, at the south door, Fayette County
Courthouse, 16755 Highway 64, Somerville, Tennessee, pursuant to Deed of
Trust executed by Kevin W. Lawson,
to Minor & Johnston, PC, Trustee, on
September 15, 2004 at Book D743,
Page 817; all of record in the Fayette
County Register’s Office.
interest: Federal National Mortgage
Association (“Fannie Mae”), a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America,
its successors and assigns
Lot 6, Monta-Lou Subdivision, a plat
of which appears of record at Plat
Book 6, Page 60, in the Register’s
Office of Fayette County, Tennessee,
to which plat reference is hereby made
for a more particular description of
said lot.
This being the same property out of
what has been designated in the Tax
Assessor’s Office of Fayette County,
Tennessee as Parcel No. 10.10 on
Tax Map 99.
THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY
CONvEYED TO KEvIN W. LAWSON
BY WARRANTY DEED FROM NANCY
BROADWAY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
UNDER THE CHARLIE S. ADKINS REvOCABLE LIvING TRUST OF RECORD
AT DEED BOOK 743 PAGE 815 IN
THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF FAYETTE
COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
Parcel Number: 099-010.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Kevin
W. Lawson
Other interested parties: First Horizon
Home Loan Corporation
Street Address: 2752 Warren Road,
Oakland, Tennessee 38060
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 16-104888
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12765
March 17, 2016 at 11:00 am local time,
Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust
executed by April Carniece Gomez, to
Robert L. Crawford, Trustee, as trustee
for Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc. as nominee for Evolve
Bank & Trust, an Arkansas Banking Corporation on April 28, 2014 at Instrument
No. 14002269; conducted by Shapiro
& Ingle, LLP, a Tennessee limited liability partnership having been appointed
Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of
record in the Fayette County Register’s
Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and
conditions of said Deed of Trust and the
entire indebtedness has been declared
due and payable.
Party Entitled to Enforce the Debt:
Wells Fargo Bank, NA, its successors
and assigns
to the highest call bidder:
Described property located at Fayette
County, Tennessee, to wit:
Lot 30, Phase II, Oakland’s Clay Hills
Subdivision, as shown on plat of record in Plat Book 9, Page 138, in the
Register’s Office of Fayette County,
Tennessee, to which plat reference
is hereby made for a more particular
description of said property.
Being the same property conveyed to
April Carniece Gomez, an unmarried
person, in Warranty Deed of record
being recorded simultaneously herewith in the Register’s Office of Fayette
County, Tennessee.
Street Address: 88 Clear Springs Dr,
Oakland, Tennessee 38060
Parcel Number: 087I G 021.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: April Carniece Gomez, an unmarried person
The street address of the above
described property is believed to be 88
Clear Springs Dr, Oakland, Tennessee
38060, but such address is not part
of the legal description of the property
sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein
shall control.
shown on any applicable recorded plat
any unpaid taxes; and any restrictive
covenants, easements, or setback lines
right of redemption of any governmental
premises might disclose.
The right is reserved to adjourn the
day of the sale to another day, time, and
place certain without further publication,
upon announcement at the time and
place for the sale set forth above. If you
purchase a property at the foreclosure
sale, the entire purchase price is due
and payable at the conclusion of the
auction in the form of a certified/bank
check made payable to or endorsed
to Shapiro & Ingle, LLP. No personal
checks will be accepted. To this end,
you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders.
Insufficient funds will not be accepted.
Amounts received in excess of the
winning bid will be refunded to the
successful purchaser at the time the
foreclosure deed is delivered.
subject to confirmation by the lender or
trustee. This sale may be rescinded by
the Substitute Trustee at any time.
This office may be a debt collector.
This may be an attempt to collect a debt
and any information obtained may be
used for that purpose.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 16-104999
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12767
March 18, 2016 at 1:30PM local time,
executed by Donald R. Bishop and
Lena I. Bishop, to Sam P. McClatchy,
Jr., Trustee, on August 11, 2003 at
Book D688, Page 732, Instrument No.
03045195; all of record in the Fayette
interest: U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee for CSFB 2004-4 G1,
Commencing at a point, said point
being the East line of Hickory Withe
Arlington Road and the Northwest
corner of the Annie Webber Ivy property
as recorded in Book 107, Page 587;
thence North 12 degrees 12 minutes
49 seconds West along the East line
of said road, a distance of 317.80 feet
to the point of beginning; thence North
12 degrees 12 seconds 49 minutes
West continuing along the East line of
said road, a distance of 433.57 feet to
a point; thence North 89 degrees 00
minutes 00 seconds East a distance
of 814.79 feet to a point said point
being the West line of the Linnie Mae
Luck property as recorded in Book 92,
Page 12; thence South 1 degree 00
minutes 00 seconds East along the
West line of said property a distance of
430.86 feet to a point; thence South
89 degrees 26 minutes 12 seconds
West a distance of 730.50 feet to
the point of beginning and containing
330,626 square feet or 7.59 acre.
Grantor(s) herein as shown in Warranty
Deed of record in Book 401, Page 312
in said Register’s Office.
Parcel Number: 085-057.04 (part of)
Current Owner(s) of Property: Don
R. Bishop
Other interested parties: Deere &
Company c/o Blair B. Evans, Asif
Mawani, Asif Mawani c/o Terry Dycus,
Attorney, H.W. Jenkins Co. c/o John
D. Horne, Attorney, Abe Weaver d/b/a
Kauffman’s Gazebos, Abe Weaver
d/b/a Kauffman’s Gazebos c/o Ivan
D. Harris, Jr., Craig Chrestman c/o
Leslie W. Creasy, Tennessee Department of Safety
Street Address: 17920 Highway 196,
Eads, Tennessee 38028
Notice of this Substitute Trustee’s
Sale has been timely given to the State
of Tennessee as required by T.C.A. §
67-1-1433(b)(1).
Terms of Sale will be public auction, for cash, free and clear of rights
of homestead, redemption and dower,
and the rights of Donald R. Bishop and
Lena I. Bishop, and those claiming
through them, and subject to the right
of redemption by the DEPARTMENT OF
REVENUE, STATE OF TENNESSEE by
reason of tax lien of record in State
Tax Lien recorded 11/03/2015 at
Instrument No. 15006106 in favor of
Tennessee Department of Revenue at
the Register’s Office of Fayette County,
Tennessee, subject to any accrued
taxes and restrictions.
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 07-12364
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 2016 Fln12777
dated December 4, 2006, and the
Deed of Trust of even date securing the
same, recorded December 11, 2006,
Document No. 06010952, in Office
of the Register of Deeds for Fayette
County, Tennessee, executed by Robert
W. McIntyre, conveying certain property
therein described to Mark A. Ellmore,
PC as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee
for The Mortgage Outlet, Inc., its successors and assigns; and the undersigned,
Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having
been appointed Successor Trustee by
LPP Mortgage LTD.
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Trustee, by LPP Mortgage LTD, will, on
March 21, 2016 on or about 10:00
AM, at the Fayette County Courthouse,
Somerville, Tennessee, offer for sale
certain property hereinafter described to
the highest bidder FOR certified funds
paid at the conclusion of the sale, or
credit bid from a bank or other lending
entity pre-approved by the successor
trustee. The sale is free from all exemptions, which are expressly waived in
the Deed of Trust, said property being
real estate situated in Fayette County,
Tennessee, and being more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at a found cotton picker
spindle in the centerline of Hendrick
Road being the Easternmost Southeast corner of the Myrtle H. Mclntyre
and Eloise H. Fisher property as being
described in Deed Book 367, Page
900 (Tract 2) of which this partition
is a part, also being the Northeast
corner of the William R. Hendrick III
(367/884); also being the Southeast
corner of this herein described partition; thence in a Southwestward direction along a South line of Mclntyre
and Fisher and this partition, also being the North line of Hendrick, South
West, 592.56 feet to a set iron rod
being the Southwest corner of this
herein described partition; thence in
a Northwestward direction along the
West line of this partition, North 10 degrees 23 minutes 38 seconds West,
394.58 feet to a set iron rod being an
angle point in said line; thence in a
Northwestward direction continuing
along the West line of this partition,
North 04 degrees 34 minutes 34
seconds East, 179.87 feet to a set
iron rod being the Northwest corner of
this herein described partition; thence
in a Northeastward direction along
a North line this partition, North 83
degrees 37 minutes 23 seconds East,
243.52 feet to a set iron rod being
the Northernmost Northeast corner
of this herein described partition;
thence in a Southeastward direction
along a East line of this partition,
South 05 degrees 05 minutes 59
seconds East, 166.16 feet to a set
iron rod being an interior corner of
this herein described partition; thence
in a Northeastward direction along a
North line of this partition, North 86
372.76 feet to a set cotton picker
spindle in the centerline of Hendrick
Road being the Easternmost Northeast corner of this herein described
partition and located in a East line
of Mclntyre and Fisher; thence in a
Southeastward direction along East
line of Mclntyre and Fisher and this
partition, following the general alignment of Hendrick Road, South 02
422.64 feet to the point of beginning
and containing 6.92 acres more or
less. However, there is excepted out
of the above described partition, that
portion occupied by Hendrick Road
and its right of way.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 1645 Hendrick
Road, Mason, TN 38049
ROBERT W. MCINTYRE
248235
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 2016 Fln12780
Sale at public auction will be on April 4,
2016 on or about 1:00PM local time, at
the Main Entrance of the Fayette County
Courthouse, Somerville, Tennessee,
conducted by the Substitute Trustee
as identified and set forth herein below,
pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by
REOLA K. WATKINS AND FRED WATKINS,
to WEISSMAN & ASSOC., Trustee, on
August 21, 2000, at Record Book D554,
Page 504 in the real property records
of Fayette County Register’s Office,
Tennessee.
Owner of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage
Loan Trust 2001-FF1, Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2001-FF1
I’VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD
WHY MY HUMAN WON’T LEAVE THE
HOUSE WITHOUT HER LEASH.
I THINK SHE’S AFRAlD OF GETTING
LOST. BUT IT’S OK, I KIND OF LIKE
SHOWING HER AROUND.
— HARPER
adopted 08-18-09
CIVIL DISTRICT NO. 12, TOWNSEND
SUBDIVISION NO. 2, LOT NO. 25: BEGINNING AT A STAKE IN WEST MARGIN
OF VALLEY DRIVE, THIS POINT BEING
THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT NO.
24 OF TOWNSEND SUBDIVISION NO.
2, FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING
WEST 300 FEET TO A STAKE, THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT
NO. 24; THENCE NORTH 145.9 FEET
TO A STAKE, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF LOT NO. 26; THENCE EAST 300
FEET TO A STAKE IN WEST MARGIN
OF SAID VALLEY DRIVE, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT NO. 26;
THENCE SOUTH, WITH WEST MARGIN
OF SAID VALLEY DRIVE, 145.9 FEET
TO THE BEGINNING AND CONTAINING
1.0 ACRES.
Tax ID: 170/04100
Current Owner(s) of Property: REOLA K.
WATKINS AND FRED WATKINS
The street address of the above described property is believed to be 270
valley Road, Moscow, TN 38057, but
such address is not part of the legal
description of the property sold herein
and in the event of any discrepancy,
the legal description referenced herein
shall control.
SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S)
THE RIGHT IS RESERvED TO ADJOURN
THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER
DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON
ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND
PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOvE.
THE TRUSTEE/SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE
RESERvES THE RIGHT TO RESCIND
THE SALE. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE
FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT
THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO
A RETURN OF THE DEPOSIT PAID. THE
PURCHASER SHALL HAvE NO FURTHER
RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR,
THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE.
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: None
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT
AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
If applicable, the notice requirements of
T.C.A. 35-5-117 have been met.
All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are
expressly waived in said Deed of Trust,
and the title is believed to be good, but
the undersigned will sell and convey only
as Substitute Trustee.
If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS,
the State of Tennessee Department of
Revenue, or the State of Tennessee
Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties
in the advertisement, then the Notice of
this foreclosure is being given to them
and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities’ right to
redeem the property as required by 26
U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.
This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject
to confirmation by the lender or trustee.
This sale may be rescinded at any time. If
the sale is set aside for any reason, the
Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled
only to a return of the deposit paid. The
Purchaser shall have no further recourse
against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee
or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
MWZM File No. 16-000248-670
JASON S. MANGRUM, J.P. SELLERS,
LORI LIANE LONG, JOHN R. ROAN,
Substitute Trustee(s)
Premier Building, Suite 404
5217 maryland Way
BrentWood, tenneSSee 37027
PHone: (615) 238-3630
email: tnSaleS@mWzmlaW.com
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 2016 Fln12788
Foreclosure Notices
Madison County
March 17, 2016 at 10:00AM local
time, at the north door, Madison County
Courthouse, 100 East Main Street,
Jackson, Tennessee, pursuant to Deed
of Trust executed by Brunelle Cooper,
to John Moss, Trustee, on August 7,
2006 at Book T1768, Page 1730; all
of record in the Madison County Register’s Office.
interest: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, its
successors and assigns
Madison County, Tennessee, will be
sold to the highest call bidder subject
to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:
Beginning at a nail on the
south margin of Westwood Avenue (30 feet at right angles from
centerline) at the northeast corner
of Lot 4, Westwood Subdivision as
recorded in Plat Book 1, page 113
in the Register’s Office of Madison
County, Tennessee; thence with the
south margin of Westwood Avenue
East a distance of 50 feet to a pipe at
the northwest corner of Lot 2; thence
with the west line of Lot 2 South 0
degrees 31 minutes West a distance
of 150.38 feet to a pipe on the north
line of Wesley Nicks; thence with
Nicks’ north line South 88 degrees 28
minutes 30 seconds West a distance
of 50.56 feet to a pipe at the Southeast corner of Lot 4; thence with the
east line of Lot 4 North 0 degrees 43
minutes East a distance of 151.73
feet to the point of beginning. Being
Lot 3, Westwood Subdivision platted
as aforesaid, as surveyed by David Hall
Land Surveying Company, RLS #943,
on February 26, 1996.
Bumelle H. Cooper by deed of record
in Deed Book 588, page 992, in the
Register’s Office of Madison County,
Tennessee.
Parcel Number: 078A J 025.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Brunelle
H. Cooper
Other interested parties: First Tennessee Bank National Association
Street Address: 404 Westwood Ave,
Jackson, Tennessee 38301
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 15-104492
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12735
Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee, pursuant to Deed of
Trust executed by Brian Wallace, to John
Clark, Trustee, on September 3, 2009 at
Book T1867, Page 21; all of record in the
Madison County Register’s Office.
interest: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, its successors and
assigns
Beginning at an iron pin on the
southeast margin of Bolivar Highway
(Hwy. 18) at the northeast corner of
Lot 1, Hugh Raines Subdivision as
February
26-March 3,
January
30-February
5, 2016
2015 29
public notices
recorded in Plat Book 2, page 77 in the
Tennessee; thence with the southeast
margin of Bolivar Highway North 48
degrees 00 minutes East a distance of
90 feet to an iron pin in the northwest
corner of Lot 22; thence with the west
line of Lot 22 South 42 degrees 00
minutes East a distance of 300 feet
to an iron pin at the northeast corner
of Lot 3; thence with the north line of
Lot 3 South 47 degrees 30 minutes
West a distance of 90 feet to an iron
pin at the southeast corner of the
southwest portion of Lot 2; thence
with the east line of the remainder of
Lot 2 and Lot 1 North 42 degrees 00
minutes West a distance of 300.89
feet to the point of beginning. Being
Revised Lot 21 and the northeast portion of Lot 2, Hugh Raines Subdivision
platted as aforesaid, as surveyed by
David Hall Land Surveying Company
on July 31, 1990.
Being the same real property conveyed
to Brian M. Wallace by deed appearing of record in Deed Book 700, page
1116, in the Register’s Office of
Madison County, Tennessee.
Parcel Number: 109P B 038.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Brian
M. Wallace
Other interested parties: First State
Finance
Street Address: 314 Bolivar HWY,
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 16-104858
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12739
of Trust executed by Barry Johnson, to
Wesley D. Turner, Trustee, on September
16, 2005 at Book T1704, Page 421;
all of record in the Madison County
Register’s Office.
interest: Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as Trustee for Long Beach
Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-WL3, its
BEGINNING at an iron pin on the west
margin of Morisch Road (25 feet at
right angles from centerline) at the
southeast corner of Lot 6, Section I,
Eagle Pointe Subdivision as recorded in
Plat Book 6, Page 255 in the Register’s
Office of Madison County, Tennessee;
thence with the west margin of Morisch
Road the following calls: South 14
degrees 15’ 57” East a distance of
1 degree 26’40” West a distance of
10 degrees 54’ 41” West a distance
of 32.02 feet to a point; thence South
13 degrees 29’22” West a distance of
31.97 feet to an iron pin at the northeast corner of Lot 8; thence with the
north line of Lot 8 North 73 degrees
57’ 28” West a distance of 201.97
feet to an iron pin; thence North 16
degrees 21’ 41” East of 35.28 feet to
an iron pin; thence North 15 degrees
16’ 11” West a distance of 9.79 feet
to an iron pin at the southwest corner
of Lot 6; thence with the south line of
Lot 6 North 70 degrees 52’ 17” East
a distance of 300.90 feet to the point
of beginning. Being Lot 7, Section I,
Eagle Pointe Subdivision platted as
aforesaid, as surveyed by David Hall
Land Surveying Company, R.L.S. #943,
on March 21, 1997.
BEING the same property conveyed
to the Grantor by Warranty Deed of
record in Book D672, Page 569,
Register’s Office for Madison County,
Tennessee.
Parcel Number: 025J-A-007.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Barry
Johnson
Street Address: 93 Morisch Rd, Oakfield, Tennessee 38362
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 09-014698
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12741
March 8, 2016 at 11:30AM local time,
at the north door, Madison County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Jackson,
executed by Thomas F. Reaves, to Wesley D. Turner, Trustee, on June 24, 2004
at Book T1606, Page 58, Instrument No.
04015885; all of record in the Madison
interest: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as
Trustee for Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2004-MCW1, Class A-1 Certificates, its successors and assigns
BEING Lot 26 in Section 1 of Colonial
Park Subdivision, a plat of which appears of record in Plat Book 3, Page
361, in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee, reference to
which plat is hereby made for a more
particular description of said lot showing its location and the length and
direction of its boundary lines.
The instrument constituting the source
of the Borrower’s interest in the foregoing described property was a Deed
recorded in Book D613, page 906,
Tennessee.
Deed Ref - 656-640
Parcel Number: 055C B 023.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Thomas
F Reaves
Street Address: 35 North Hampton Ln,
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 15-104447
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12744
at the north door, Madison County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street, Jackson,
executed by Cedric L. Boyle, to Priority
Trustee Services of TN, L.L.C., Trustee,
on May 26, 2005 at Book T1674, Page
187; all of record in the Madison County
interest: Bank of America, N.A., its
Beginning at an iron pin on the East
margin of Countryside Drive (20 feet
at right angles from centerline) at the
Northwest corner of Lot 16, Section I,
Garden villa Estates as recorded in Plat
Book 5 at page 124 in the Register’s
Office of Madison County, Tennessee;
thence with the east margin of Countryside Drive North a distance of 47.15
feet to a point at the beginning of a
curve; thence with said curve (radius
of 16 feet) to the left a distance of
24.90 feet to a point on the South
margin of Harvest Drive; thence with
the South margin of Harvest Drive 89
degrees 11 minutes East a distance
of 114.24 feet to an iron pin; thence
South a distance of 67.14 feet to an
iron pin at the Northeast corner of
Lot 16; thence with the North line of
Lot 16 West a distance of 150 feet
to the point of beginning. Being Lot
17, Section I, Garden villa Estates
platted as aforesaid, as surveyed by
David Hall Land Surveying Company,
Jackson, Tennessee, RLS #943, on
April16, 1991.
the grantor herein by deed of record
in Deed Book 667, page 816 in the
Tennessee.
Parcel Number: 033N C 017.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Cedric
L. Boyle
Other interested parties: Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development
Street Address: 42 Countryside Dr,
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 16-104831
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12751
of Trust executed by William Poindexter
and Sherry Poindexter, to Mid South Title,
Trustee, on September 25, 2008 at Book
T1843, Page 1979; all of record in the
Madison County Register’s Office.
interest: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, its
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL
ESTATE SITUATE, LYING AND BEING
IN THE COUNTY OF MADISON, STATE
OF TENNESSEE, TO WIT:
BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIN ON THE
NORTH MARGIN OF SHERWOOD DRIvE
(25 FEET AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM CENTERLINE) AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF LOT 33, SECTION 1, WOODLAND
HILLS SUBDIvISION AS RECORDED IN
PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 90 IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF MADISON COUNTY,
TENNESSEE; THENCE WITH THE EAST
LINE OF LOT 33 NORTH 1 DEGREES
05 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF
177.07 FEET TO AN IRON PIN ON THE
SOUTH LINE OF LOT 34; THENCE WITH
THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 34 AND LOT
38 SOUTH 89 DEGREES 08 MINUTES
13 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF
99.92 FEET TO AN IRON PIN AT THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 40;
THENCE WITH THE WEST LINE OF LOT
40 SOUTH 1 DEGREES 03 MINUTES
33 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF
176.81 FEET TO AN IRON PIN ON
THE NORTH MARGIN OF SHERWOOD
DRIvE; THENCE WITH THE NORTH MARGIN OF SHERWOOD DRIvE NORTH 89
DEGREES 16 MINUTES 59 SECONDS
WEST A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING. BEING LOT
39, SECTION 1, WOODLAND HILLS
SUBDIvISION PLATTED AS AFORESAID, AS SURvEYED BY DAvID HALL
LAND SURvEYING COMPANY, R.L.S.
#943, ON JANUARY 23, 1998. BEING
THE SAME REAL ESTATE CONvEYED
TO THE GRANTORS HEREIN BY DEED
RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 581, PAGE
942, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF
MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
TAX ID #: 065 B-D -006
BEING ALL AND THE SAME LANDS
AND PREMISES CONvEYED TO WILLIAM POINDEXTER BY ALPHONSO
JACKSON, ACTING SECRETARY FOR
SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEvELOPMENT, OF WASHINGTON, D.
C. IN A CASH DEED FOR TENNESSEE
EXECUTED 1/21/2004 AND RECORDED 1/29/2004 IN BOOK D649,
PAGE 23 OF THE MADISON COUNTY,
TENNESSEE LAND RECORDS.
QUITCLAIM DEED BEING RECORDED
CONCURRENTLY: DB696 PG 371
Parcel Number: 065B D 006.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: William
Poindexter and Sherry Poindexter
Other interested parties: Capital One
Bank (USA), N.A. c/o Bart Lloyd, Nathan & Nathan, P.C., Portfolio Recovery
Associates, LLC, as successor in interest to “GE CAPITAL RETAIL BANK” c/o
Shon Leverett, Attorney, Cavalry SPv
I, LLC, as assignee of HSBC Bank/
Capital One/ BEST BUY CO., INC.
c/o Christopher W. Conner, Garner &
Conner, PLLC, Midland Funding LLC,
as successor in interest to “TARGET
NATIONAL BANK” c/o Shon Leverett,
Attorney
Street Address: 27 Sherwood Ln,
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 14-060632
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12756
dated February 2, 2006, and the Deed
recorded February 2, 2006, in Book
No. T1735, at Page 1, in Office of the
Register of Deeds for Madison County,
Tennessee, executed by Shashara R.
Johnson, conveying certain property
therein described to Arnold M. Weiss.
Esq as Trustee for Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A.; and the undersigned, Wilson &
Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Wells
Fargo Bank, NA.
Trustee, by Wells Fargo Bank, NA, will, on
April 14, 2016 on or about 10:00 AM,
at the Madison County Courthouse,100
East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee,
offer for sale certain property hereinafter
described to the highest bidder FOR
certified funds paid at the conclusion
of the sale, or credit bid from a bank
or other lending entity pre-approved by
the successor trustee. The sale is free
from all exemptions, which are expressly
waived in the Deed of Trust, said property
being real estate situated in Madison
County, Tennessee, and being more
particularly described as follows:
A certain tract or parcel of located
January
30-February
2015
30 February
26-March
3,5,
2016
30
February
26 - March
3,
2016
public notices
Foreclosure Notices
in the 5th Civil District of Madison
County, Tennessee, described as follows to wit: Beginning on a point in the
south margin of Wisdom Street and
being 25 feet from the center of said
street and also being the northeast
corner of Lot 8, Block 1 of Lancaster
Heights Subdivision; thence with the
east line of Lot 8 South a distance
of 132 feet to a point being the
southeast corner of Lot 8; thence
East a distance of 50 feet to a point
being the southwest corner of Lot
10; thence with the west line of Lot
10 North a distance of 132 feet to a
point in the south margin of Wisdom
Street and being the northwest corner of Lot 10; thence with the south
margin of said street West a distance
of 50 feet to the point of beginning.
This being the exact same Lot 9 of
Block 1 of the Lancaster Heights
Subdivision as shown on Plat in Plat
Book 1 on Page 124 on file in the
Tennessee. This conveyance is made
subject to any and all zoning regulations, building restrictions, setback
lines, if any, easements and rights
for public utilities applicable to this
property. Being the same property
conveyed to Shashara R. Johnson
in Warranty Deed, as filed at Book
D575, Page 356 in the Register’s
Office of Madison County.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 530 Wisdom
Street, Jackson, TN 38301
SHASHARA R. JOHNSON
19978
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12759
dated November 21, 2003, and the
Deed of Trust of even date securing
the same, recorded January 5, 2004, in
Book No. T1548, at Page 81, in Office
of the Register of Deeds for Madison
County, Tennessee, executed by William David Maness and Priscilla Lynn
Maness, conveying certain property
therein described to Dennie R. Marshall
as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for
GMAC Mortgage Corporation DBA ditech.
com, its successors and assigns; and
the undersigned, Wilson & Associates,
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Ditech Financial LLC.
Trustee, by Ditech Financial LLC, will,
AM, at the Madison County Courthouse,
Jackson, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the
highest bidder FOR certified funds paid
at the conclusion of the sale, or credit
bid from a bank or other lending entity
pre-approved by the successor trustee.
The sale is free from all exemptions,
which are expressly waived in the Deed
of Trust, said property being real estate
situated in Madison County, Tennessee,
and being more particularly described
as follows:
All that parcel of land in Madison
County, State of Tennessee, as
more fully described in Deed Book
600, page 285, ID No. 33D-C-2.00,
being known and designated as Lot
80, Section V, Northmeade Woods,
filed in plat book 4, page 348, being
more particularly known as metes
and bounds.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 137 Parker Drive,
Jackson, TN 38305
WILLIAM DAvID MANESS
PRISCILLA LYNN MANESS
MICHAEL MANESS, HEIR OF THE ESTATE
OF WILLIAM DAvID MANESS
PULMONARY MEDICINE CLINIC OF
JACKSON
ESTATE OF WILLIAM DAvID MANESS
UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WILLIAM DAvID
MANESS
156783
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12761
dated December 31, 2009, and the
Deed of Trust of even date securing
the same, recorded January 11, 2010,
in Book No. T1874, at Page 1883,
in Office of the Register of Deeds for
Madison County, Tennessee, executed
by Lillie Sue Gause Mason, conveying
certain property therein described to
Robert Wilson as Trustee for Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,
as a nominee for United Wholesale
Mortgage, its successors and assigns;
and the undersigned, Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed
Successor Trustee by PennyMac Loan
Services, LLC.
Trustee, by PennyMac Loan Services,
LLC, will, on April 14, 2016 on or about
11:00 AM, at the Madison County
Courthouse, Jackson, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter
BEGINNING at a stake in the west
margin of Cherokee Drive at the
Northwest corner of Lot No. 12 of
East Acres Subdivision; runs thence
in a southwesterly direction with the
northwest boundary of Lot No. 12, 141
feet to a stake; thence in a westerly
direction 68 feet with a portion of
the North margin of Lot No. 11 of
said Subdivision to a stake; thence
in a Northerly direction with Morgan’s
Ease line 110 feet to a stake; thence
in a Northeasterly direction 150 feet
to a stake in the West margin of
Cherokee Drive; thence in a Southeasterly direction curving with the
West margin of Cherokee Drive 83.8
feet to the point of beginning, being
designated as Lot No. 13 of Section
I of the East Acres Subdivision of
record in Plat Book 1, at page 267,
County, Tennessee.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 49 Cherokee Drive,
Jackson, TN 38301
LILLIE SUE GAUSE MASON
THE ESTATE OF LILLIE SUE GAUSE
MASON
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF LILLIE SUE
GAUSE MASON, IF ANY
AL R. MILLER AS HEIR OF LILLIE SUE
GAUSE MASON
RONALD B. MILLER AS HEIR AND ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LILLIE
SUE GAUSE MASON
RONALD B. MILLER AS ADMINISTRATOR
OF THE ESTATE OF LILLIE SUE GAUSE
MASON
305576
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12762
of Trust executed by Chad Holloway and
Andrea Holloway, to Emmett James
House or Bill R. McLaughlin, Trustee,
on January 28, 2008 at Book T1823,
Page 885, Instrument No. 08001528;
all of record in the Madison County
interest: Ditech Financial LLC, its successors and assigns
That certain lot or parcel of real estate lying and being in the First Civil
District of Madison County, Tennessee, and more particularly described
as follows:
Map 1011- Group A- Parcel 10.00
BEING Lot No. Two (2) of Perry Switch
Subdivision, a plat of which appears
of record in Plat Book 8, page 182
County, Tennessee, to which reference
description of this lot.
Being the same real estate conveyed
to Chad Holloway and wife, Andrea
Holloway of record in Deed Book 692
at page 176 in the Register’s Office of
Madison County, Tennessee.
Parcel Number: 101I A 010.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Chad Holloway and wife, Andrea Holloway
Street Address: 669 Perry Switch Rd.,
price is due and payable at the con-
clusion of the auction in the form of
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 10-008027
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12770
Jackson, Tennessee pursuant to Deed
of Trust executed by John Schang and
Wanda Kay Glisson Schang, to Resource
Real Estate Services, LLC, Trustee, as
trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for
First Choice Loan Services, Inc. on July
24, 2012 at Book T1935, Page 915,
Instrument No. 12011633; conducted
by Shapiro & Ingle, LLP, a Tennessee
limited liability partnership having been
appointed Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of record in the Madison County
Register’s Office. Default has occurred
in the performance of the covenants,
terms, and conditions of said Deed of
Trust and the entire indebtedness has
been declared due and payable.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., its successors
and assigns
Madison County, Tennessee, will be sold
Described property located at Madison
BEING LOT NO 125 SECTION Iv
RAMBLEWOOD ESTATE SUBDIvISION
a plat of which appears of record in
Plat Book 3, page 342 in the Register’s
Office of Madison County, Tennessee
Being the same lot or parcel of ground
which by Deed dated 5/26/95 and
among the Land Records of Madison
County, State of Tennessee, in Book
552 page 458 was granted and
conveyed by and between John Schang,
unto Wanda Kay Glisson Schang
Street Address: 71 Colonial Cv, Jackson, Tennessee 38305
Parcel Number: 043I C 002.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Wanda
Kay Glisson Schang
described property is believed to be
71 Colonial Cv, Jackson, Tennessee
shall control.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 16-105077
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12773
dated August 1, 2003, and the Deed of
Trust of even date securing the same,
recorded August 1, 2003, in Book No.
T1504, at Page 937, in Office of the
Tennessee, executed by Kimberly A.
Stello, conveying certain property therein
described to R. Bradley Sigler as Trustee
for Administrator of the Small Business
Administration, an agency of the Government of the United States of America;
Successor Trustee by Administrator,
U.S. Small Business Administration, an
Agency of the Government of the United
States.
Trustee, by Administrator, U.S. Small
Business Administration, an Agency of
the Government of the United States,
will, on March 17, 2016 on or about
Beginning at a found iron pin in the
Northeastern margin of Woodgrove
Drive, said point being the Southeast
corner of Lot Number 2, Section I
Ramblewood East a plat of record
in Plat Book 5, Page 302 in the
Register’s Office, Madison County,
Tennessee; thence North 31 degrees
10 minutes 21 seconds East with
the East margin of Lot 2 a distance
of 312.48 feet to a found iron pin in
the Northeast corner of Lot 2; thence
seconds East a distance of 41.81
feet to a found iron pin in the Northwest corner of Lot 7; thence South
East with the West margin of Lot 7
a distance of 208.72 feet to a found
iron pin in the Southwest corner of
Lot 7 and in the Northern margin of
Lot 4; thence South 48 degrees 37
minutes 37 seconds West with the
Northwestern margin of Lot 4 a distance of 188.72 feet to a found iron
pin in the Eastern margin of Woodgrove Drive, said point also being the
Northwestern corner of Lot 4; thence
in a Northwesterly direction following
a curve to the left of the Eastern
margin of Woodgrove Drive having a
radius of 329.60 feet a distance of
100.40 feet to the point of beginning.
Being Lot Number 3 in Section I of
January
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the aforesaid platted Subdivision.
This description was written from the
description furnished, as surveyed by
McRae Engineering, TLN 430.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 23 Woodgrove
Drive, Jackson, TN 38305
KIMBERLY A. STELLO
DISCOvER BANK, ISSUER OF DISCOvER
CARD
UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS,
UNION PLANTERS NATIONAL BANK
RONALD STELLO AND CAROL A.
STELLO
231029
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 2016 Fln12782
dated May 28, 1999, and the Deed of
recorded June 4, 1999, in Book No.
Tennessee, executed by Climaity Anderson, conveying certain property therein
described to Thomas E. Dickson as
Trustee for PHH Mortgage Services
Corporation; and the undersigned,
been appointed Successor Trustee by
PennyMac Holdings, LLC.
Trustee, by PennyMac Holdings, LLC,
will, on March 17, 2016 on or about
Being Lot 50, Section II of Watlington
Woods Subdivision, a plat of which
appears of record in Plat Book 3,
Page 85, in the Register’s Office of
Madison County, Tennessee, reference to which plat is hereby made
said Lot showing its location and the
length and directions of its boundary
lines. Being the same property conveyed to Grantee in Warranty Deed,
as filed at in the Register’s Office of
Madison County.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 56 Pinecrest
Street, Jackson, TN 38301
CLIMAITY ANDERSON
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REvENUE
MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO GE MONEY BANK/
SAMS CLUB
On or about May 8, 2006, the State
of Tennessee, filed a tax lien against
the Defendant, Michael and Climaity
Anderson, recorded in the Register’s
Office of Madison County, Tennessee,
in Book L48, Page 581. Any interest in
the property held by the State of Tennessee, by virtue of the aforementioned
tax lien is both junior and inferior to the
interests held by PennyMac Holdings,
LLC. Provided, however, that the State of
Tennessee, pursuant to Tennessee Code
Annotated §67-1-133, shall have one
hundred and twenty (120) days from the
date of the sale within which to redeem
the property by virtue of its tax lien(s)
herein by payment of the actual amount
paid by the purchaser at the foreclosure
sale, plus any amount in excess of the
expenses necessarily incurred in connection with such property, less the income
from such property, plus a reasonable
rental value of such property. As required
by law, the State of Tennessee has been
given timely notice of this action.
228007
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 2016 Fln12783
dated February 25, 2008, and the Deed
recorded March 4, 2008, in Book No.
T1826, at Page 383, in Office of the Register of Deeds for Madison County, Tennessee, executed by Francis E. Sanders
and Sherrell Sanders, conveying certain
property therein described to Arnold M.
Weiss, Esq. as Trustee for Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A.; and the undersigned, Wilson
& Associates, P.L.L.C., having been
appointed Successor Trustee by Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A..
Trustee, by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., will,
on April 28, 2016 on or about 10:00 AM,
at the Madison County Courthouse,100
East Main Street, Jackson, Tennessee,
offer for sale certain property hereinafter
Beginning at an existing iron pin in the
South margin of Smithfield Drive, said
point being the Northwest corner of
Lot No. 39 in Section II of Brentwood
Estates Subdivision, a plat of which
appears of record in Plat Book 3,
Page 279, in the Register’s Office
of Madison County, Tennessee, and
runs thence South with the West
line of Lot No. 39, 146.73 feet to
an existing stake; thence South 89
degrees 29 minutes West 105 feet to
the Southeast corner of Lot No. 35;
thence North with the East line of Lot
No. 35, 147.68 feet to an existing iron
pin in the South margin of Smithfield
Drive; thence East with the South
margin of Smithfield Drive, 105 feet to
the point of beginning, being Lot No.
37 in Section II of Brentwood Estates
Subdivision, as surveyed by Akin and
Pittman, TLN 1173. Being the same
property conveyed to Francis E. Sanders and husband, Sherrell Sanders
in Quit Claim Deed, as filed at Book
D692, Page 1046 in the Register’s
Office of Madison County.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 186 Smithfield
FRANCIS E. SANDERS
SHERRELL SANDERS
SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEvELOPMENT
312460
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 2016 Fln12785
dated May 13, 2010, and the Deed of
recorded May 19, 2010, in Book No.
Tennessee, executed by John Williams,
conveying certain property therein described to Jacob A. Holmes as Trustee
Systems, Inc., as a nominee for Gateway
Mortgage Group LLC, its successors and
assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson
& Associates, P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Gateway
Mortgage Group, LLC.
Trustee, by Gateway Mortgage Group,
LLC, will, on April 28, 2016 on or about
BEGINNING at an iron pin in the North
margin of Lost Creek Drive, said pin
located 25 feet from the centerline
of said Drive and at the Southwest
corner of Lot No. 435, Section IV,
Hidden Valley Estates, a plat of which
appears of record in Plat Book 5, page
44, in the Register’s Office of Madison County, Tennessee; runs thence
North with the West line of Lot No.
435 a distance of 159.8 feet to an
iron pin at the Northwest corner of
said Lot No. 435; runs thence West a
distance of 100 feet to an iron pin at
the Northeast corner of Lot No. 101
in said Subdivision; runs thence south
with the east line of Lot No. 101 and
439 a distance a distance of 171 feet
to an iron pin at the Southeast corner
of Lot No. 439 and in the north margin
of Lost Creek Drive; runs thence in a
Northeasterly direction and following
a curve to the right with the north
margin of Lost Creek Drive (Chord
seconds East a distance of 100.65
feet) to the point of beginning. Being
Lot No. 437, Section IV, Hidden Valley Estate, a plat of which appears of
record in Plat Book 5, page 44, in the
Tennessee, platted as aforesaid and
as surveyed by Thomas L. Dean Associates, TNRLS No. 287, Jackson,
Tennessee, on April 18, 1991. Legal
Description taken from prior Deed.
Being the same property conveyed
to John Williams in Warranty Deed,
as filed at Book D704, Page 430
County.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 120 Lost Creek
JOHN WILLIAMS
248130
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 2016 Fln12790
Foreclosure Notices
Shelby County
dated April 27, 2004, and the Deed of
recorded May 6, 2004, Document No.
04075098, and modified on November
7, 2011, Document No. 11110231 in
Office of the Register of Deeds for Shelby
County, Tennessee, executed by Minnie
P. Sails and Rozell Sails, conveying certain property therein described to Robert
M. Wilson, Jr. as Trustee for Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as
nominee for Countrywide Home Loans,
Inc., its successors and assigns; and
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as
Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation
Trust.
been declared due and payable; and that
an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C.,
as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the
power, duty, and authority vested in and
imposed upon said Successor Trustee,
by U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for
LSF9 Master Participation Trust, will,
PM, at the Shelby County Courthouse,
Memphis, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the
situated in Shelby County, Tennessee,
and being more particularly described as
follows:
Lot 5, Whitelawn Subdivision, as
shown on Plat of record in Plat Book
19, Page 44, in the Register’s Office
of Shelby County, Tennessee, to
which Plat reference is hereby made
said property.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 196 Parkdale Drive,
Memphis, TN 38109
MINNIE P. SAILS
ESTATE OF MINNIE P. SAILS
HEIR(S) OF MINNIE P. SAILS
ROZELL SAILS
DERRICK D. SAILS
TOYA SAILS CLARK
304383
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12763
dated September 8, 1998, and the
same, recorded September 15, 1998,
Document No. HT8225, in Office of the
Register of Deeds for Shelby County,
Tennessee, executed by Willie N. Tabor, conveying certain property therein
described to Nan Saliba as Trustee for
Allied Mortgage Capital Corporation; and
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee for Structured
Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage
Loan Trust 2006-RF4.
Trustee, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset
Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan
Trust 2006-RF4, will, on April 21, 2016
on or about 10:00 AM, at the Comfort
Inn Downtown, 100 N. Front Street,
Memphis, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the
situated in Shelby County, Tennessee,
as follows:
Lot 24, Section A, Raleigh Park Subdivision, as shown on plat of record
in Plat Book 26, Page 40, in the
Register’s Office of Shelby County,
Tennessee, to which plat reference
ALSO KNOWN AS: 2579 Courtney
Drive, Memphis, TN 38128-4701
WILLIE N. TABOR
311481
Successor Trustee
COM
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Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12764
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S
SALE
WHEREAS, by Deed of Trust dated
December 19, 2005, recorded in Instr.#
05212156 of the Deed of Trust Records
of Shelby County, Tennessee, Emeka
Buck, a single person, conveyed to
Arnold M. Weiss, Attorney, as Trustee,
the property situated in Shelby County,
Tennessee, to wit:
Lot 365, Parcel vI, Parcel 6R, Section
D, Cordova Club P.D., as shown on plat
of record in Plat Book 150, Page 65,
in the Shelby County Register’s Office,
to which plat reference is hereby made
for a more particular description of said
property.
to Emeka Buck, a single person, by
Warranty Deed dated 12/15/2005
filed of record in Instr.# 05212155, in
the Register’s Office of Shelby County,
Tennessee.
Common address of property: 1131 Cordova Club Dr., Cordova, TN 38018.
WHEREAS, the undersigned is the
Substitute Trustee as appointed in the
aforesaid Deed of Trust by a substitution,
said appointment being in the manner
authorized by the Deed of Trust; and
WHEREAS, default has occurred
under the terms of the Note secured by
the Deed of Trust, and the indebtedness
evidenced therein is now wholly due,
the owner and holder of said indebtedness, 21st Mortgage Corporation, has
requested the undersigned Substitute
Trustee to sell the Property to satisfy
same.
given that on March 17, 2016, the substitute trustee will sell the property to the
highest bidder for cash. The Trustee’s
sale will occur on or about 10:00 a.m. at
the main entrance of the Shelby County
Courthouse located at 140 Adams Avenue, Memphis, TN.
shown on any applicable recorded
plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive
agency, state or federal; any prior liens or
encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter
than an accurate survey of the premises
might disclose. The sale held pursuant
to this Notice may be rescinded at any
time. The State of TN Dept. of Revenue,
and/or the State of TN Dept. of Labor
and Workforce Development listed as
interested parties in the advertisement
are being given Notice and the sale will be
subject to the applicable governmental
entities’ right to redeem the property
as required by 26 U.S.C §7425 and
T.C.A §67-1-1433. In addition, the following party may claim an interest in the
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 15-100149
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12732
above-referenced property: Emeka Buck,
Deutsche Bank, State of Tennessee,
Cordova Club Owner’s Association.
The right is reserved to adjourn
the date of the sale to another date or
time, and place certain without further
publication, upon the announcement
at the time and place for the sale set
forth above.
Gregory T. Pratt, Substitute
Trustee
705 Gate Lane, Suite 202
Knoxville, TN 37909
865-622-7531
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12776
Foreclosure Notices
Tipton County
at the north door, Tipton County Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Covington,
executed by Jere Batten and Hayley
Batten, to Charles M. Ennis, Trustee,
on November 10, 2011 at Book 1532,
Page 337; all of record in the Tipton
interest: PHH Mortgage Corporation,
Tipton County, Tennessee, will be sold
Lot 5, Pecan Trails, as recorded at Plat
Cabinet H, Slide 416, in the Register’s
Office of Tipton County, Tennessee, to
which plat reference is hereby made
said lot.
This conveyance is subject to subdivision restrictions at Book 1364, Page
478, building lines and easements in
Plat Cabinet H, Slide 416, and easement to Southwest Tennessee at Book
1346, Page 160 in the Register’s Office of Tipton County, Tennessee.
Parcel Number: 130O A 005.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: The Heirs
of Jere Batten
Other interested parties: All persons
claiming by, through or under Jere
Batten, deceased
Street Address: 47 Pralene Cv, Brighton, Tennessee 38011
County, Tennessee to which plat
reference is hereby made for a more
particular description of said lot.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 172 Bringle Road,
Covington, TN 38019
BRANDON LEE WALK
309567
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12747
dated July 31, 2012, and the Deed of
1559, at Page 192, in Office of the
Register of Deeds for Tipton County,
Tennessee, executed by Brandon Lee
Walk, conveying certain property therein
described to John C. Clark as Trustee
Systems, Inc., as a nominee for First
State Bank, its successors and assigns;
Successor Trustee by PennyMac Loan
Services, LLC.
Trustee, by PennyMac Loan Services,
LLC, will, on March 9, 2016 on or
about 10:00 AM, at the Tipton County
Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter
waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Tipton
Lot 2, Carson-Bringle Road Minor Plat
as shown in Plat Cabinet F, Slide 148A, in the Register’s Office of Tipton
dated April 29, 2013, and the Deed of
recorded May 2, 2013, in Book No.
Tennessee, executed by Ian voisine
and Ashley voisine, conveying certain
property therein described to Charles M.
Ennis as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee
for Patriot Bank, its successors and
assigns; and the undersigned, Wilson
Fargo Bank, NA.
Trustee, by Wells Fargo Bank, NA, will,
on April 14, 2016 on or about 10:00
AM, at the Tipton County Courthouse,
1801 South College Street, Covington, Tennessee, offer for sale certain
property hereinafter described to the
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at the North door of the Tipton County
Courthouse in Covington, Tennessee,
conducted by the Substitute Trustee
as identified and set forth herein below,
pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by
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to FMLS, Inc., Trustee, on July 20, 2012,
at Record Book 1557, Page 573 in the
real property records of Tipton County
Register’s Office, Tennessee.
Owner of Debt: REGIONS BANK DBA
REGIONS MORTGAGE
Lot 11, Wooten and Proctor Subdivision in the First Civil District of Tipton
County, Tennessee, being more particularly described as follows:
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Beginning at the Southwest corner of
W.L. Barret’s original lot, the same being Dr. F.L. Ewing’s Northwest corner;
thence North about 66 feet to a stake
at W.L. Barrett’s yard fence; thence
East about 300 feet to said W.L.
Barrett’s East boundary line; thence
South about 66 feet to F.L. Ewing’s
Northeast corner; thence West with
F.L. Ewing’s north boundary line about
300 feet to the beginning.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 700 South College
Street, Covington, TN 38019
IAN vOISINE
ASHLEY vOISINE
312046
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southwestward along the northwest
line of Vandy Cove, 125.00 feet to a
point in the southeast corner of Lot
12; thence northwestward along the
northeast line of Lot 12, 150.00 feet
to a point; thence northeastward and
parallel to the northwest line of Vandy
Cove, 125.00 feet to a point in the
southwest line of Proctor Drive; thence
southeastward along the southwest
line of Prctor Drive, 150.00 feet to the
point of beginning.
Grantor(s) herein at Book 1557 Page
571 of the Tipton Register`s Office.
Tax ID: 042P A 01000
Current Owner(s) of Property: SHALONDA
CRAIG AND TERENCE CRAIG
vANDY Cv, COvINGTON, TN 38019,
but such address is not part of the legal
shall control.
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: TIPTON
COUNTY
U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.
MWZM File No. 16-000005-625
5217 Maryland Way
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
PHONE: (615) 238-3630
EMAIL: tnsales@mwzmlaw.com
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12752
dated November 25, 2002, and the Deed
recorded December 6, 2002, in Book
No. 1035, at Page 321, and modified on
August 10, 2015, In Book No. 16661,
At Page 676 in Office of the Register of
Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee,
executed by Cory L. Edwards, conveying
certain property therein described to L.
E. van Eaton, Attorney as Trustee for
Asset Mortgage of Tennessee, Inc.; and
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Ocwen Loan Servicing,
LLC.
been declared due and payable; and that
an agent of Wilson & Associates, P.L.L.C.,
as Successor Trustee, by virtue of the
power, duty, and authority vested in and
imposed upon said Successor Trustee,
by Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, will, on
March 17, 2016 on or about 10:00
as follows:
Lot 4, Wyatt-Ervin Lane Subdivision,
Section C, as shown on Plat of record
in Plat Cabinet D, Slide 189B, in the
Register’s Office of Tipton County,
Tennessee, to which Plat reference
ALSO KNOWN AS: 479 Ervin Lane,
Covington, TN 38019-6014
CORY L. EDWARDS
82859
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12753
dated March 12, 1999, and the Deed of
recorded March 15, 1999, in Book
No. 859, at Page 627, in Office of the
Register of Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee, executed by Brenda S. Reeves
and William Kevin Reeves, conveying
certain property therein described to
John W. Byrd as Trustee for Bartlett
Mortgage, Inc.; and the undersigned,
been appointed Successor Trustee
by U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee, successor in interest to
Wachovia Bank, National Association,
as Trustee for GSMPS Mortgage Loan
Trust 2005-RP3.
P.L.L.C., as Successor Trustee, by
virtue of the power, duty, and authority
vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee, successor in
interest to Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Trustee for GSMPS
Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-RP3, will,
as follows:
Lot 97, Squire’s Grove Subdivision,
Section C, Phase 1 as recorded in
Plat Cabinet D, Slide 104 to which
ALSO KNOWN AS: 220 Wellington
Way, Atoka, TN 38004
BRENDA S. REEvES
WILLIAM KEvIN REEvES
THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEvELOPEMENT
UNION PLANTERS BANK, N.A.
88392
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 12, 19, 26, 2016
Fln12754
executed by Ashley T. Woods, to Larry
N. Westbrook, Esq., Trustee, on May 31,
2006 at Record Book 1278, Page 544,
Instrument No. 89037; all of record in the
Tipton County Register’s Office.
interest: Federal National Mortgage
Association (“Fannie Mae”), a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America,
Lot 169, Section “H”, Blaydes Estates
as recorded in Plat Cabinet “C”, Slide
140 in the Register’s Office of Tipton
County, Tennessee and being more
Beginning at a point in the East line
of Betty Boyd Lane, said point being
493.63 feet Northward from the North
line of Jaimes Lane; thence Northward
along the East line of Betty Boyd Lane,
143.51 feet to a point in the Southwest corner of Lot 167; thence North
85 degrees 18 minutes, 59 seconds
East along the South line of Lot 167,
18 degrees, 03 minutes, 30 seconds
West 155.43 feet to a point in the
Northeast corner of Lot 170; thence
South 85 degrees,18 minutes, 59
seconds West along the North line
of Lot 170, 214.17 feet to the point
of beginning.
There is a five-foot utility easement
along the west line of this lot as
shown on plat.
Subject to subdivision restrictions at
Book 710, Page 385, building lines
and easements at Plat Cabinet C, Slide
140, and easement to Southwest Tennessee at Book 714, Page 923 in the
Tipton County Register’s Office.
Grantor(s) herein at Book 1278 Page
542 of the Tipton County Register’s
Office.
Parcel Number: 143C A 035.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Ashley
T. Woods, a single man
Street Address: 190 Betty Boyd Lane,
Atoka, Tennessee 38004
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 11-024665
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12755
Tennessee pursuant to Deed of Trust
executed by Roy T. Adams and Gean
E. Adams, to Arnold M. Weiss, Esq.,
Trustee, as trustee for Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A. on October 22, 2009 at Record
Book 1456, Page 731, Instrument No.
132741; and modified by agreement recorded December 9, 2014 in Record Book
1641, Page 574; conducted by Shapiro
& Ingle, LLP, a Tennessee limited liability partnership having been appointed
Substitute or Successor Trustee, all of
record in the Tipton County Register’s
Office. Default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms, and
conditions of said Deed of Trust and the
entire indebtedness has been declared
due and payable.
and assigns
Described property located at Tipton
The land referred to in this policy is
situated in the State of Tennessee,
County of Tipton, and described as
follows:
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL
ESTATE, SITUATED AND BEING IN
THE COUNTY OF TIPTON, STATE OF
TENNESSEE:
LOT 5, TAYLOR ROAD SUBDIvISION,
SECTION A, AS RECORDED IN PLAT
CABINET A, SLIDE 82-B, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE OF TIPTON COUNTY,
TENNESSEE, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE
PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF SAID
LOT.
APN #: 142A-A-142A-005.00
to ROY T. ADAMS, MARRIED by deed
from DAvID B. LOWE AND KIMBERLY
D. LOWE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, dated
07/15/2005, filed 07/27/2005 and
recorded in Deed in Book 1219, Page
111 in Tipton County Records.
Street Address: 32 Edgewood Drive,
Atoka, Tennessee 38004
Parcel Number: 142A A 005.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Roy T.
Adams
Other interested parties: velocity Investments LLC assignee of Citibank
USA NA c/o McLemore & Edington,
Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development
described property is believed to be
32 Edgewood Drive, Atoka, Tennessee
shall control.
velocity Investments LLC assignee
of Citibank USA NA c/o McLemore &
Edington, Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 16-104938
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12766
dated June 27, 2014, and the Deed of
Trust of even date securing the same, recorded July 16, 2014, in Book No. 1629,
at Page 399, in Office of the Register
of Deeds for Tipton County, Tennessee,
executed by Edward Larry Howell, conveying certain property therein described to
Cathy Stone as Trustee for Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as
a nominee for First South Financial Credit
Union, its successors and assigns; and
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by PennyMac Loan Services,
LLC.
virtue of the power, duty, and authority vested in and imposed upon said
Successor Trustee, by PennyMac Loan
Services, LLC, will, on April 13, 2016
on or about 10:00 AM, at the Tipton
County Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property
hereinafter described to the highest
bidder FOR certified funds paid at the
conclusion of the sale, or credit bid
from a bank or other lending entity preapproved by the successor trustee. The
sale is free from all exemptions, which
are expressly waived in the Deed of
Trust, said property being real estate
as follows:
Lot 125, Woodlawn Plantation Subdivision, Section E, as shown on plat of
record in Plat Cabinet F, Slides 83 and
84, in the Register’s Office of Tipton
County, Tennessee, to which plat
ALSO KNOWN AS: 223 Woodlawn
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Terrace, Brighton, TN 38011
ESTATE OF LARRY HOWELL
EDWARD LARRY HOWELL
HEIR(S) OF LARRY HOWELL
CAROL ANN DAUCUS, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD
L. HOWELL
CAROL ANN DAUCUS, AS HEIR OF THE
ESTATE OF EDWARD L. HOWELL
TONY EvERITT HOWELL, AS HEIR OF THE
ESTATE OF EDWARD L. HOWELL
309135
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12768
March 11, 2016 at 12:30PM local
time, at the north door, Tipton County
Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Covington, Tennessee, pursuant to Deed
of Trust executed by Charles R. Short,
to Larry N. Westbrook, ESQ, Trustee,
on November 2, 2010 at Record Book
1495, Page 54; all of record in the Tipton
interest: PHH Mortgage Corporation,
Being Lot No. Part of Lot 3 on the
Map/Plan of Revised Shannon Lane,
as shown on the plat of record in Plat
Book 2, Page 35, in Register’s office
for Tipton County, Tennessee, to which
plat reference is hereby made for a
more complete description thereof.
This being the same property conveyed
to Charles R. Short by Warranty Deed
recorded 12/10/1993 at Book 714,
Page 980 in the Tipton County, Tennessee Register’s Office.
Parcel Number: 112C B 01700
000112C
Current Owner(s) of Property: Charles
R. Short
Street Address: 64 Shannon Ave,
Munford, Tennessee 38058
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 15-104243
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12772
dated June 18, 2007, and the Deed of
recorded June 21, 2007, in Book No.
Tennessee, executed by Bernice L.
Ferreira and Wayne H. Kuntzmann and
Robyn Kuntzmann, conveying certain
property therein described to J. Franklin
McCreary as Trustee for World Savings
Bank, FSB; and the undersigned, Wilson
Fargo Bank, N.A..
Covington, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter described to the
as follows:
Lots 6 and 7, Re-Subdivision of Lots
6, 7, & 8 Clopton Acres, as recorded
at Plat Cabinet C, Page 190, of the
Tipton County Register’s Office to
which plat reference is hereby made
said lots.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 4147 Brighton
Clopton Road, Brighton, TN 380116677
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BERNICE L. FERREIRA
WAYNE H. KUNTZMANN
ROBYN KUNTZMANN
PATRIOT BANK
311187
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12769
Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Covington, Tennessee, pursuant to Deed of
Trust executed by Tina R. Stewart and
Neil B. Stewart, Jr., to Wesley D. Turner,
Trustee, on February 24, 2005 at Record
Book 1191, Page 754, Instrument No.
69294; all of record in the Tipton County
interest: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, its successors and
assigns
Being Lot #14, Giltedge Estates
Subdivision, of record in Plat Cabinet
F, Slide 1, in the Register’s Office of
Tipton County, Tennessee.
Property Address: 4946 Jamestown
Road, Burlinson TN 38015
Jean Talley Hall, by Warranty Deed,
from Louise Ruleman, Sara Daugherty
and Mary Max, dated 1/28/1998,
filed in Book 818, Page 215, said
Also being the same property conveyed
to Jack S. Hall, Jr. and wife, Mary
Hall, by Warranty Deed, from Jack S.
Hall, Sr. and wife, Jean T. Hall, dated
3/21/2003, filed in Book 1053, Page
426, Register’s Office.
to Tina R. Stewart, a married person,
by Warranty Deed dated February 24,
2005, from Jack S. Hall and wife,
Mary Hall, filed in Book 1191, Page
752, said Register’s Office of Tipton
County, Tennessee.
Parcel Number: 029O A 014.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Tina R.
Stewart, a married person
Other interested parties: Full House
Leasing, Long Beach Mortgage
Company
Street Address: 4946 Jamestown Rd,
Burlison, Tennessee 38015
at any time.
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 16-105087
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12774
dated November 16, 2004, and the
same, recorded November 30, 2004, in
Book No. 1176, at Page 145, in Office of
the Register of Deeds for Tipton County,
Tennessee, executed by Joy E. Smith
and Randell C. Smith, conveying certain
property therein described to Jeanine
B. Saylor as Trustee for 1st Trust Bank
For Savings, Federal Savings Bank; and
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A..
as follows:
Beginning at a half inch iron rebar
with cap set in the Easterly sideline
of Armstrong Road (50 feet wide)
said rebar lying in the Southerly line
of land conveyed to Elijah J. and Rosie
F. Cook by deed recorded in deed Book
414, Page 167 in the Tipton County,
Register’s Office; I Thence along
said Southerly line of Cook North 87
degrees 29 minutes 59 feet East a
distance of 202.26 feet to a 2 feet
iron pin found at the Southeasterly
corner thereof; II Thence along the
Easterly line of land so conveyed to
Cook North 03 degrees 15 minutes 20
seconds West a distance of 107.64
feet to a half second iron rebar with
cap set at the Northeasterly corner
thereof lying in a Southerly line of
land conveyed to Shirley Stubblefield
and Carol Reed by deed recorded in
deed Book 1025, Page 219 in the
Tipton County, Register’s Office; III
Thence along said Southerly line and
a Southerly line of land conveyed to
Mary Stewart and Rosalind Able by
deed recorded in deed Book 1056,
Page 799 in the Tipton County, Register’s Office North 83 degrees 48
of 861.56 feet to a half inch iron rebar
found (I.D.Cole) at the Northwesterly
corner of land conveyed to Ziller
Home by deed recorded in Deed Book
213, Page 483 in the Tipton County
Register’s Office; IV Thence along a
Westerly line of land so conveyed to
Home South 03 degrees 51minutes
32 seconds East a distance of 221.52
feet to a half inch iron rebar with cap
set; V Thence South 83 degrees 48
minutes 46 seconds West a distance
of 1105.38 feet to a half inch iron
rebar with cap set in said Easterly
sideline; VI Thence along said Easterly sideline North 13 degrees 31
of 134.74 feet to the place of beginning and containing 5.00 acres of
land as surveyed, calculated and
described in December 2003 by Earl
T. Beckwith RLS 2251of Beckwith
Land Surveying, LLC, be the same,
more or less, but subject to all legal
highways and easements of record.
Bearings used herein refer to an assumed meridian and are intended to
indicate angles only.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 365 Armstrong
Road, Atoka, TN 38004
JOY E. SMITH
RANDELL C. SMITH
SECRETARY OF HOUSING & URBAN
DEvELOPMENT
127575
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12779
Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Covington, Tennessee pursuant to Deed
of Trust executed by Howard L. Glenn,
to Arnold M. Weiss, Esq., Trustee, as
trustee for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. on
March 4, 2013 at Book 1587, Page
463, Instrument No. 166529; conducted
appointed Substitute or Successor
Trustee, all of record in the Tipton County
and assigns
ALL THAT CERTAIN LAND SITUATED IN
THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, COUNTY
OF TIPTON, CITY OF BRIGHTON, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
DESCRIPTION OF LOT 46, TERRITOWN
SUBDIvISION-UNRECORDED (SUBDIvISION PLAT BY RUDOLPH BAIRD DATED
1977). SAID LOT BEING A PART OF THE
SAME PROPERTY AS RECORDED AT
DEED BOOK 365, PAGE 161. IN THE
TIPTON COUNTY REGISTER’S OFFICE
AND BEING SITUATED IN THE 2ND
CIvIL DISTRICT OF TIPTON COUNTY,
TENNESSEE.
BEGINNING AT A FOUND IRON ROD
AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT
46 OF TERRITOWN SUBDIvISIONUNRECORDED, BEING A PART OF
THE JON STRONG PROPERTY, DEED
BOOK 365, PAGE 161, ALSO BEING
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT
6 AND BEING IN THE SOUTH R.O.W.
LINE OF RUSSWOOD AvE. (50 FOOT
R.O.W.); THENCE SOUTHEASTWARDLY
ALONG THE EAST LINE OF LOT 46 AND
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THE WEST LINE OF LOT 6, S 00 DEG.
18’ 31” E, A DISTANCE CALLED AND
MEASURED 139.00 FEET TO A SET J.P.
AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT
46 AND THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF
LOT 45; THENCE SOUTHWESTWARDLY
ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 46
AND THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 45,
S 89 DEG. 43’ 10” W, A DISTANCE
CALLED 160 FEET, BUT MEASURED
159.19 FEET TO A SET J.P. AT THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 46 AND
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 45,
ALSO BEING IN THE EAST LINE LOT 1
(PAUL LITTLE-DEED BOOK 481, PAGE
71); THENCE NORTHWESTWARDLY
ALONG THE WEST LINE OF LOT 46 END
THE EAST LINE OF LOT 1, N 01 DEG.
08’ 38” W, A DISTANCE CALLED AND
MEASURED 38.00 FEET TO A FOUND
CONDUIT PIPE BEING AN EXTERIOR
CORNER OF LOT 46 AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1, ALSO BEING
THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 48 (HELEN
BOMAR-DEED BOOK 380, PAGE 243);
THENCE SOUTHEASTWARDLY ALONG
A RE-ENTRANT LINE OF LOT 46 AND
THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 48, S 89
DEG. 34’ 17” E, A DISTANCE CALLED
10 FEET, BUT MEASURED 9.94 FEET
TO A FOUND IRON STAKE AT AN
INTERIOR CORNER OF LOT 46 AND
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 48;
THENCE NORTHWESTWARDLY ALONG
THE WEST LINE OF LOT 46 AND THE
EAST LINE OF LOT 48, N 00 DEG.
OS’ 10” W, A DISTANCE CALLED AND
MEASURED 125.00 FEET TO A FENCE
CORNER AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER
OF LOT46 AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 48, ALSO BEING IN THE
SOUTH R.O.W. LINE OF RUSSWOOD
AvE.; THENCE SOUTHEASTWARDLY
ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 46
AND THE SOUTH R.O.W. LINE OF
RUSSWOOD AvE., S 81 DEG. 11’ 58”
E, A DISTANCE CALLED 152.2 FEET,
BUT MEASURED 151.23 FEET TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING END CONTAINING 0.53 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
Being all of that certain property
conveyed to HOWARD L. GLENN from
CAROL JEAN BAKER GLENN, by deed
dated Janurary 25, 2013 and recorded
January 25,2013, IN BOOK 1577 PAGE
372 of official records.
Street Address: 53 Russwood Ave,
Brighton, Tennessee 38011
Parcel Number: 51K-B-18.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Howard
L. Glenn
Russwood Ave, Brighton, Tennessee
shall control.
limited liability partnership Substitute
Trustee
10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite
400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 16-105019
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 2016 Fln12778
dated August 29, 2014, and the Deed
recorded September 9, 2014, in Book
No. 1634, at Page 38, in Office of the
Tennessee, executed by Benjamin
Montgomery and Rhonda M. Montgomery, conveying certain property therein
described to Charles M. Ennis as Trustee
Systems, Inc., as nominee for Patriot
Bank, its successors and assigns; and
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Wells Fargo Bank, NA.
Trustee, by Wells Fargo Bank, NA, will,
as follows:
Lot 1, Section A, in the Countryhaven
Subdivision, as recorded in Plat
Cabinet D, Slide 30, and being more
Beginning at a point in the Southwest
line of Rae Drive, said point being
a common corner of Lot 1 and 2;
thence Southeastwardly along said
Southwest line a distance of 155.43
feet to a point in the East boundary
line of the subdivision; thence Southwardly along said East line a distance
of 297.80 feet to a point in the Lot
19; thence Westwardly along the line
dividing Lot 9 and 18 from Lot 1 a
distance of 206.15 feet to a corner of
Lot 2; thence Northeastwardly along
the dividing line of Lots 1 and 2 a
distance of 363.78 feet to a point of
beginning. Being the same property
conveyed to Benjamin Montgomery
in Special Warranty Deed, as filed at
Book 1634, Page 36 in the Register’s
Office of Tipton County.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 393 Rae Drive,
Munford, TN 38058-1641
BENJAMIN MONTGOMERY
RHONDA M. MONTGOMERY
312382
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 19, 26, Mar. 4, 2016 Fln12781
dated July 31, 2006, and the Deed of
Tennessee, executed by Curt Hilleary
and Kimberly Hilleary, conveying certain
property therein described to Alice L.
Gallaher, Attorney At Law as Trustee
for Navy Federal Credit Union; and the
undersigned, Wilson & Associates,
P.L.L.C., having been appointed Successor Trustee by Navy Federal Credit
Union.
virtue of the power, duty, and authority
vested in and imposed upon said Successor Trustee, by Navy Federal Credit
Union, will, on March 23, 2016 on or
about 10:00 AM, at the Tipton County
Courthouse, Covington, Tennessee, offer for sale certain property hereinafter
waived in the Deed of Trust, said property being real estate situated in Tipton
Lot 7, Section A, Sterling Ridge Subdivision, as shown on plat of record
in Plat Cabinet H, Slide 192, in the
Register’s Office, Tipton County,
Tennessee to which plat reference
description of said property. Being
the same property conveyed to Curt
Hilleary and wife, Kimberly Hilleary
in Warranty Deed, as filed at Book
1291, Page 867 in the Register’s
Office of Tipton County.
ALSO KNOWN AS: 23 Sterling Ridge
Drive, Atoka, TN 38004
CURT HILLEARY
KIMBERLY HILLEARY
312355
Successor Trustee
COM
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 2016 Fln12784
March 22, 2016 at 1:30PM local
Courthouse, 100 Court Square, Covington, Tennessee pursuant to Deed
of Trust executed by Telsha Caincross
and Richard Caincross, to Michael T.
Bates, Trustee, as trustee for Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as
nominee for Sebring Capital Partners on
July 30, 2004 at Record Book 1157, Page
556, Instrument No. 61411; conducted
appointed Substitute or Successor
Trustee, all of record in the Tipton County
U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston
Mortgage Securities Corp., Home Equity
Asset Trust 2004-7, Home Equity PassThrough Certificates, Series 2004-7, its
LOT 29, ROLLING OAKS ESTATES
SUBDIvISION, AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF
RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 85
AND 86, IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE
OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, TO
WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE
FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF SAID PROPERTY
Street Address: 78 Robin St, Brighton,
Tennessee 38011
Parcel Number: 081c a 029.00
Current Owner(s) of Property: Telsha
Caincross AKA Telsha Davis
Other interested parties: Citibank
Student Loans
Robin St, Brighton, Tennessee 38011,
but such address is not part of the legal
and in the event of any discrepancy, the
legal description herein shall control.
Citibank Student Loans
Substitute Trustee
Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 333-8107
Fax: (704) 333-8156
File No. 16-105159
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 2016 Fln12786
Sale at public auction will be on April
28, 2016 on or about 10:00AM local
time, at the North door of the Tipton
County Courthouse in Covington, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute
Trustee as identified and set forth
herein below, pursuant to Deed of
Trust executed by GORDON E. CAMP,
to MICHAEL T. BATES, Trustee, on May
3, 2006, at Record Book 1278, Page
301 as Instrument No. 88995 in the
real property records of Tipton County
Register’s Office, Tennessee.
Owner of Debt: Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC
LOT NO. 7
BEGINNING AT A STAKE STANDING
NORTH 873.00 FEET FROM THE
ORGINAL SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE
ALEX SMITH 45 2/3 ACRE TRACT, OF
WHICH THIS SURVEY IS A PART; RUNS
THENCE WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE
SMITH TRACT AND THE WEST LINE
OF MRS. J.T. BURK, NORTH 145.50
FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE SOUTH 85
1/4 DEGREES WEST 1254.00 FEET
TO A STAKE IN THE WEST LINE OF
SMITH AND THE EAST LINE OF V. L.
EDMISTON; THENCE WITH THE EAST
LINE OF EDMISTON, SOUTH 145.50
FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE NORTH
85 1/4 DEGREES EAST 1254.00 FEET
TO THE BEGINNING AND CONTAINING
4.19 ACRES.
THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY
BEING CONVEYED TO L.C. SMITH, JR.
AND HIS WIFE, EVELYN SMITH FROM
MCALLISTER SMITH AND HIS WIFE,
LOUISE CHRISTIAN SMITH BY WARRANTY DEED DATED APRIL 10, 1972
RECORDED APRIL 7, 1973 IN BOOK
343 PAGE 320 IN THE REGISTER`S
OFFICE OF TIPTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
Tax ID: MAP 124, PARCEL 007.07
Current Owner(s) of Property: GORDON
E. CAMP
Smith Road, Millington, TN 38053, but
such address is not part of the legal
shall control.
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: PORTFOLIO RECOvERY ASSOCIATES, LLC
ASSIGNEE OF SYNCHRONY BANK
U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433.
MWZM File No. 15-002333-670
5217 maryland Way
BrentWood, tenneSSee 37027
PHone: (615) 238-3630
email: tnSaleS@mWzmlaW.com
Feb. 26, Mar. 4, 11, 2016 Fln12789
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Yankees games with his late father, John.
“My dad was my best friend and the
reason I got into baseball,” he said. “He
loved when I quit accounting.”
More recently, the Rhodes baseball
field is where he married Lynx volleyball
coach Kait Harris. So yeah, baseball’s pretty
personal.
newsmakers continued from P24
Carl Malone has joined tamburrino inc.
in the newly created position of IT service
desk analyst. Malone has more than 20
years’ computer experience, including the
support and supervision of networks.
Lindsey Roberts
ha s be en promoted
to staffing manager at
Vaco Memphis. Roberts
joined the firm in 2008
as a recruiter and has
served in various capacities since then. In her
ROBERTS
new role, she handles
the placement of operational accounting
professionals, as well as office, administrative and customer service professionals.
Elizabeth Maynard Garrett has joined
Nazzaro and Price Publishing Services LLC
to direct marketing and promotions. Garrett has more than 25 years of experience in
marketing, public relations and administration in the Memphis area.
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Reynolds, Bone & Griesbeck PLC has
announced several staff changes. Nathan
Stevens has been promoted to senior
audit manager. Sandra Kee has joined
the firm as a senior tax manager. Patrick
Vanaman believes Cleanthes will do
well in his new post – “he can get people
to rally behind him” – but he does worry
for “Coach C.”
Said Vanaman: “I know how much
baseball means to him and he’s gonna have
to give it up.”
Yes but only after more than 20 years of
working in the game, of finding fertile soil
for a career and a life better lived.
Corcoran and Jared Kirk have joined the
audit staff, and Ambria Arnold has joined
the tax staff. Hanna Cullen, Chase Elliott,
Matt Hatcher, Chase Thrasher and Zach
Womack are participating in the firm’s
internship program.
Shoemaker Financial has announced
the following accomplishments among
the financial advisers in its Germantown
office, based on 2015 performance: Jonathan McAlister, Pinnacle Club and Senate
I recognition; Chris Purcell, Foundation
Club; Jeff Grimm, Focus Club; Frank Allen, Bill Regenold and David Rochester,
Senate Club; and Teri Hurt, Senate Club I,
Achievers Club and New Adviser of the Year.
The Memphis Chapter of the Society for
Information Management has announced
its 2016 board members: Jarrett Morgan,
president; Tony Fischer, vice president;
Dennis Norton, treasurer; Michael Boyd,
governance; Josh Siddon, strategy series
chair; Joe Sanders, strategy series co-chair;
Jim Sanders, membership chair; Mason
Rotelli, membership co-chair; Ahmed Esmail, programs chair; Joe Cutrell, programs
co-chair; Ed Charbonnet, community outreach chair; David Ulloa, community outreach co-chair; Debbie Smith, marketing
chair; Rob Stalder, marketing co-chair; and
Michael Jones, immediate past president.
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happenings
Hard Rock Cafe Memphis and On Location: Memphis will host an
Oscar Night Watch Party on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 6 p.m. at Hard Rock,
126 Beale St. Activities and promotions are scheduled throughout the
Academy Awards broadcast. Admission is free; suggested donation to
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis. Visit hardrock.com/
memphis for details.
Luna Nova Music will present a concert
with the Memphis BoyChoir and GirlChoir
on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 3 p.m. at St. John’s
Episcopal Church, 3245 Central Ave.
Admission is free. Visit lunanova.org.
University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt
School of Music will host Jazz Week
2016 with nightly concerts Tuesday
through Saturday, March 1-5, at 7:30 p.m.
in Harris Concert Hall, 3775 Central Ave.
Most concerts are free. Visit memphis.
edu/music for a schedule.
The Booksellers at Laurelwood will
host an event with author Julia Claiborne
Johnson on Tuesday, March 1 at 4 p.m. at
387 Perkins Road Extended. Johnson’s
novel “Be Frank With Me” is Literacy
Mid-South’s 2016 Book of Choice. Visit
thebooksellersatlaurelwood.com.
St. Learn how to prepare a sales and use
tax return, report exempt sales and more.
Cost is free; registration required. Visit
tsbdc.org/training for details.
Company d Dancers will perform “LOCAL, Dancing through time … places in
Memphis” on Thursday and Friday, March
3-4, at 7 p.m. at Hutchison School, 1740
Ridgeway Road. This collaboration unites
some of Memphis’ most talented artists
with Company d’s dancers, all of whom
are young adults with Down syndrome.
Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the
door. Visit facebook.com/companyddancers for details and tickets.
American Red Cross will host a blood
drive Wednesday, March 2, from 7 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at Saint Francis Hospital, 5959
Park Ave. Visit redcrossblood.org or call
800-733-2767 for donation guidelines
and appointments.
Marcus Orr Center for the Humanities
at the University of Memphis will open
its spring lecture series with the Simco
Lecture on Thursday, March 3, at 6 p.m.
(reception 5:30 p.m.) in the University
Center Theater, 499 University St. MIT
philosopher Sally Haslanger will present “Beyond Belief: Racism and Social
Critique.” Cost is free. Visit memphis.edu/
moch for details.
Tennessee Small Business Development Center will present the “Sales &
Use Tax” workshop Thursday, March
3, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the
Renaissance Business Center, 555 Beale
University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host Food Truck Day at
UTHSC on Friday, March 4, from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at 930 Madison Ave. Cash and
credit cards accepted. Visit uthsc.edu.
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opinion
Your Anger And
The Political Process
T
he moving national elections that are our presidential primaries have never
generated a 40 percent or
higher voter turnout in
Shelby County.
That goes back to 1972 when the
primaries were redesigned to temper a
convention process in both parties that
had lost touch with voters.
It’s hard to argue that the 1968 conventions were any kind of reflection of
the true political turmoil in America.
They were an attempt to hide it at all
costs.
But are we any better off with what
has evolved – conventions that are infomercials and/or coronations.
And do the primaries and caucuses
still work in an age when politics moves
much faster than it once did?
The first Southern Super Tuesday in
1988 was a block of Southern states, ours
included, that it was hoped would give
the region more clout or just as much
clout as New Hampshire’s primaries or
the then relatively new Iowa caucuses.
The first Super Tuesday gave Michael Dukakis, Al Gore and Jesse Jackson
all a reason to continue running for the
Democratic nomination – each had a
substantial enough piece of the pie to
keep going.
Here we are 28 years later and some
still use the Super Tuesday nickname –
others prefer the “SEC Primaries.”
Much of the speculation today is
about its effect on a Republican field
that doesn’t yet have a single party
“establishment” candidate to go oneon-one with Donald Trump.
For Democrats, the question is does
Bernie Sanders have game in the South
where Hillary Clinton has shown she
does.
The local Sanders campaign is departing from the early narrative and
image of Sanders supporters as young
college-aged newcomers for the most
part.
The Sanders campaign here is
competing for the same Democratic
partisans Clinton is –Memphis Democrats who supported Bill Clinton’s two
successful bids for the White House but
supported Barack Obama instead of
Hillary Clinton in 2008.
U.S. Senator Bob Corker says voters in both parties are “angry” and the
primary process is a reflection of that
which is unlike the reflections from
other election cycles – local, state or
federal.
This isn’t a political snapshot.
If you voted early in the GOP primary, the candidate you voted for may
be out of the race before your vote in the
Tennessee primary is counted.
The process does tell us things about
a candidate we wouldn’t see in a shorter
conventional campaign.
It can also tell us things about ourselves and our relationship to a system
that aspires to do something incredibly
challenging – reflect the political will of
a diverse nation in a proportional way
that crosses state boundaries but also
takes them into account.
It’s not easy for the candidates and it
shouldn’t be. It also asks of us a greater
awareness that seeks to get past whatever our anger is and goes beyond the
bright colors, exciting entrances and exits and sound bites of the campaign trail.
THE MEMPHIS NEWS | almanac
February 26-March 3
This week in Memphis history:
1986: Formal opening of Shelby Farms Showplace Arena, the $5.5 million
equestrian center and restaurant.
The neighboring Agricenter International had opened a year earlier. Shelby
Farms Park was still an iffy proposition, and its past as a prison farm was
not far enough removed to banish the idea of developing the land as a residential subdivision.
1971: Little Richard at the
Losers Club, a nightspot at the
Mid-City Building at Cleveland
and Union. Fats Domino, Ray
Charles, Lou Rawls, and Sonny
and Cher were also slated to
play the club.
It opened in November 1970
as one of a string of nightclubs
that began in Dallas, according
to a 1970 mention in Billboard
magazine.
LITTLE RICHARD
1966: On the front page of The Daily News, a privilege license for the
Poplar Lounge, 2563 Poplar Ave., across the street from the later location of
the popular bar that today is known as Rock House.
1930: Memphis Mayor Watkins Overton is meeting property owners
and the Memphis Harbor Commission about plans for a $150,000 project
to check the caving in of the river bank from Beale Street to the Harahan
Bridge. Overton believes property owners should pay three-fourths of the
cost. The federal government is to slope and grade the river banks up to the
35-foot mark on the river gauge.
Meanwhile, executives of the Pickwick Greyhound Lines bus company are
meeting in Memphis to decide on a location in the “loop section” of the city
for a $1 million, 12-story bus terminal and hotel.
Thanks, But Go Save Someone Else
MEMPHASIS
DAN CONAWAY
COMING TO SAVE US IS STARVING US.
We recently dodged the state Legislature’s latest effort to save us from ourselves,
reaching into Shelby County to raise our
poor and pitiful children from the depths
of despair – Shelby County Schools.
This time around, failing to get vouchers passed statewide, they attempted to
pass them just for Shelby County, trying
to take 5,000 students out of our lowestperforming public schools and send them,
and the $7,000 or so per student that goes
with them, to private schools. Ones you’ve
heard of, they say, not like the ones that
sprung up in double-wides behind and be-
side churches right after busing. The money
will come with oversight, they say, for this
private use of public education funds, an offering plate also extended to religion-based
schools with the state’s blessing.
Whatever they say, the money would
come straight out of already strapped
Shelby County Schools.
“All we were doing was trying to help
them and unfortunately for another year
they’re going to be on the path to failure,”
said voucher sponsor Rep. Bill Dunn of
Knoxville, 400 miles and another time
zone away from this city’s particular public
school challenges. Our own Brian Kelsey
has been pushing vouchers in the state
Senate; always thinking his suburban view
is the way the inner city should see things.
Thanks, Bill and Brian, but instead of
taking millions more from SCS, just give
us the tens of millions you already owe
us that we’ll probably have to sue you for,
and see what we can do to help 100,000
kids instead of 5,000. Instead of opening
new charter schools with the frequency
of fast food outlets, each one gobbling up
scarce resources, let’s keep the ones that
are working and cook up something new
and exciting in existing kitchens.
When the city and county tried to
create one public school system for our
kids – all of them – the state passed special
legislation only truly applicable in Shelby
County, effectively creating seven school
systems siphoning off state money, the
most involved parents, the deepest pockets
and – obviously – the political support leaving the poorest and most challenged even
poorer and more challenged.
Then they took even more away, trying
to clean up their own mess throwing millions at charters, getting virtually nothing
from millions thrown into virtual schools,
and they keep trying to spend millions in
vouchers to send a few thousand to private
schools leaving tens of thousands behind.
Again.
Even in the face of that, SCS is quietly
making progress, trying new things and
drawing private support in their iZone
schools, achieving more than the Achievement School District – another state mandate bleeding millions from SCS.
Just give us back our students and the
money you’re spending on those schemes
you cook up just for us. Your solutions are
simply feeding the problem.
We can make a home-cooked meal with
what you’re wasting and feed the future.
I’m a Memphian, and I’m asking the
Legislature to give our schools resources
and go save someone else’s.
Dan Conaway, a communication strategist and author of “I’m a Memphian,” can
be reached at dan@wakesomebodyup.com.
ARE YOU READY
TO ROLL?
FEBRUARY 20-21 • FEBRUARY 27-28, 2016
Round up your friends and coworkers, and reserve your lane
today for Junior Achievement’s 31st annual bowl-a-thon, our
largest fundraiser of the year. Make a difference in the lives
of our community’s youth while having a great time!
For details, call 901.366.7800
or visit Bowlathon.com.
made possible by event sponsors
Be a part of progress.
Join the regional conversation and
demonstrate the power of collaboration
April 28
8am-5pm
Reception 5-6:30pm
Halloran
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Downtown Memphis
Topics covering:
Value of Regionalism, Shifting
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Development, & City Building
To register and learn more, visit regionsmart.org
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