Moments before A C Wharton was sworn in as Memphis mayor, Myron Lowery was standing outside City Hall waiting for him to arrive. Workers came up to Lowery with some city business. "Let A C do it," Lowery replied.
As City Council chairman, Lowery automatically became Memphis mayor pro tem this summer after Willie Herenton resigned. Then Lowery lost to Wharton in the Oct. 15 special election.
"Life moves on," Lowery said. "I had a wonderful time."
He said one high point in his short term as mayor was going to visit WMC TV-5 to buy advertising for his campaign. Years earlier, he had worked for the station as a journalist and had won a race discrimination lawsuit.
When he came back to the station, he signed the guest register as mayor. "There's nothing that compares with that," he said.
Myron Lowery worked his butt off for the City of Memphis and did an excellent job. He should be congratulated
Says who? I'm glad that teletubby is gone.