St. Jude honors legends

NASHVILLE, TN — The St. Jude Research Hospital, located in Memphis, has again forged a continuous battle to fight cancer to support children and families fight. This past weekend, Rosetta Miller-Perry, The Tennessee Tribune publisher, and the late Darrell Freeman were honored at the event designed to raise funds for St. Jude. This was the sixth year of the program and it consistently grows and touches the community to support this outstanding medical service. Parents with ill children pay no funds, because of fundraisers like the one in Nashville so they can focus on the health of their child wihtout worrying about money.The event raised more than $84,000 for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.Miller-Perry thanked St. Jude for the recognition and shared what we must do as a people to help the community and this dynamic medical facility. “We must learn to work together,” she said.She lived in Memphis for a while as a government official. She was there when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated and knows firsthand what it means to be denied and what it means to receive help. The daughter of the late Darrell& Freeman, Ebony Freeman accepted the award on behalf...