From IG post

Submitted by @RNewengland

Born in Athens, Alabama, on February 2, 1922, James Alfred Hyter moved to Memphis with his family when he was one week old. From 1978 to 1998, he sang "Ol Man River" in his deep, resonant voice at the annual Memphis-in-May Sunset Symphony Orchestra. He was accompanied by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, conducted first by Vincent de Frank and from 1984 by Alan Balter. At this picturesque site on the mighty Mississippi, tens of thousands of fans clamored for encore after encore. However, Hyter's contribution to Memphis was much more than a song, because his stirring performances brought diverse people together in common celebration of life on the Mississippi River.

Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

Submitted by @oranv

CARMACK'S
PLEDGE TO THE SOUTH

THE SOUTH IS A LAND THAT HAS KNOWN
SORROWS: IT IS A LAND THAT HAS
BROKEN THE ASHEN CRUST AND
MOISTENED IT WITH TEARS: A LAND
SCARRED AND RIVEN BY THE PLOWSHARE
OF WAR AND BILLOWED WITH THE GRAVES
OF HER DEAD, BUT A LAND OF LEGEND.
A LAND OF SONG, A LAND OF HALLOWED
AND HEROIC MEMORIES.
TO THAT LAND EVERY DROP OF MY BLOOD,
EVERY FIBRE OF MY BEING, EVERY PULS-
ATION OF MY HEART, IS CONSECRATED
FOREVER,
I WAS BORN OF HER WOMB: I WAS
WHEN
MY LAST HOUR SHALL COME I PRAY
UPON
SLEEP
NURTURED AT HER BREAST: AND
GOD THAT I MAY BE PILLOWED
ROCKED TO
HER BOSOM AND
WITHIN HER TENDER
ARMS.
AND
ENCIRCLING
THIS TABLET PLACED HERE BY THE WCT.U

In remembrance of all those workers in
Rhodes tragically killed and injured at work from
accidents and exposure to chemicals and asbestos.

[Location approximate]

Submitted by kevintsien