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   The exact date Clem Jarnigan founded Jarnigan & Son Mortuary might have been lost to history, but company records date back to 1886. Jarnigan, a Black man who grew up in Knoxville, opened up his own funeral home at the corner of State Street and Commerce Avenue after serving as an apprentice for Lazarus C. Shepard. Shepard was an undertaker, embalm...

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   Then the bulldozers came. The so-called Mountain View "urban renewal" project of the 1960s, together with the federally funded construction of the interstate loop, forced a disproportionate number of Black people from their homes and businesses. The government paid residents to pack up and move out, but the program's early guidelines didn't require...

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   Bourne moved to Knoxville from Kentucky, where he went to mortuary science school, in the '70s. He decided to become a mortician after the sight of his father in a casket struck him in a way he's never been able to fully explain. As a young Black man from out of town, Bourne was an outsider, and it helped to throw Wilbur Tate's name around. He was ...

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   Feb 18, 2021 · All pose before the long-time home of Knoxville’s oldest African-American established and owned business, Jarnigan & Son Mortuary, today located across from Austin-East Magnet High School on Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue.

5. www.legacy.com › us › obituariesLeonard Parker Obituary (2020) - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville ...

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   Dec 16, 2020 · Knoxville - Leonard Parker Jr., 53 of Knoxville, TN, passed away, suddenly, December 2, 2020. Preceded in death by his parents, Etta and Leonard Parker, Sr.

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   Learn About Jarnigan & Son Mortuary in Knoxville, Tennessee. Jarnigan & Son Mortury is the oldest continually operated Black business in the city of Knoxville. It was established by Clem Jarnigan in 1886 at the corner of Commerce Avenue and State Street.

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   Who opened a funeral home in Knoxville?

   • Jarnigan, a Black man who grew up in Knoxville, opened up his own funeral home at the corner of State Street and Commerce Avenue after serving as an apprentice for Lazarus C. Shepard. Shepard was an undertaker, embalmer, and alderman who conducted the funeral of former President Andrew Johnson in Greeneville in 1875.

   How Jarnigan & Son became Knoxville's oldest Black-owned business

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   Who founded Jarnigan & Son Mortuary?

   • Clem Jarnigan, a Black man who grew up in Knoxville, founded Jarnigan & Son Mortuary around 1886. He opened up his own funeral home at the corner of State Street and Commerce Avenue after serving as an apprentice for Lazarus C. Shepard. The exact date of the founding might have been lost to history, but company records date back to 1886.

   How Jarnigan & Son became Knoxville's oldest Black-owned business

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   Is death forever at Jarnigan & Son Mortuary?

   • Jarnigan & Son Mortuary is the oldest Black-owned business in Knoxville that deals with death, having been around since 1886.

   How Jarnigan & Son became Knoxville's oldest Black-owned business

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   Is Knoxville a black funeral home?

   • The Knoxville funeral home, which is the city’s oldest Black-owned business, has been around since 1886. As the world around it has changed, the mortuary has remained a constant. 'Your situation, about death itself, is positive,' said owner Beal Bourne II.

   How Jarnigan & Son became Knoxville's oldest Black-owned business

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   Where is Martin Luther King Jr funeral home now?

   • The funeral home is now located at 4823 McCalla Ave., now Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.. It had been previously located at 401 Nelson Ave., near the Black business district in what's now called the Old City, for half a century before the Tates had to move in 1969 and build a new facility.

   How Jarnigan & Son became Knoxville's oldest Black-owned business

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   Our Staff in Knoxville, Tennessee. Staff members of Jarnigan & Son Mortuary are caring and experienced professionals who understand that each family is unique and has personal request and traditions. Because we are the servants to the people, and are there for them at the lowest time in their life, we were taught to be a leaning post in their ...