Melissa Barry Purdy, 45, loving and beloved wife of Kevin Purdy, passed away at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Sunday afternoon, (August 18, 2002) after a year-long battle with pulmonary hypertension and scleroderma. Born Melissa Anne Barry in Hudson Falls, NY on June 18, 1957, Melissa was one of five children and daughter to Ed […]
Knoxville business owners are surprised Tennessee is ranked second in the country for Black entrepreneurs but say Black businesses are growing in the area.