MID-SOUTH MEMORIES

25 years ago — 1999

Convicted child-killer Robert Glen Coe is closer to execution than any other death row prisoner has been since 1960, when Tennessee last put someone to death. Close behind are Phillip R. Workman, 45, and Gary Bradford Cone, 50, both of whom also are nearing the end of some 20 years worth of appeals. "We've never gone this far before," said Asst. State Atty. Gen. Glenn Pruden of Nashville, who represents the state in death penalty appeals.

50 years ago — 1974

Dr. Walter L. Walker, 39-year-old vice president for planning at the University of Chicago, will be the new president of Lemoyne-owen College. He will assume the presidency of the college July 1.

75 years ago — 1949

Highlighted by a stirring parade and the presence of a famed Army general, Memphis will celebrate Army Day tomorrow, commemorating the entry of the United States into World War I on April 6, 1917. The general is Maj. Gen. William H. Arnold, who commanded the Americal Division in fighting in the

Pacific during World War II.

100 years ago — 1924

Memphis will have the automatic, dial system of telephone service in operation during the summer of 1925 if no unforeseen delays occur, according to an announcement made late yesterday afternoon by Frank Flournoy, district manager of the Cumberland Telephone Company. The new plan, when fully in operation, will mean that the subscriber will ring his own number through the agency of a dial on his telephone without the soft voice of the "hello girl" at the central office.

CHRIS DAY/THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL April 5, 2023: Students gather and listen to speakers outside White Station High School during a “Walkout to End Gun Violence” event hosted by Students Demand Action in Memphis. The walkout comes a week after the school shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville that left six dead, including three students.