Gail Kerr was honored by the Bluebird Cafe by dedicating a chair to her memory. Her husband Les Kerr entertained the crowd with his stories and songs for the special event.
"Gail was a consummate journalist," said Tennessean Editor and Director of News Maria De Varenne, who edited Mrs. Kerr's columns. "She gave voice to those in the community who didn't have one. She stood up for people and causes she believed in, and she wasn't afraid to spar with politicians and civic leaders when she disagreed with them.
"Her insightful and thought-provoking columns were a mainstay, and she will be missed by her friends at The Tennessean and throughout the community."
Mrs. Kerr, who grew up in Donelson, started working for The Tennessean as a "copy girl" in 1978, when she was in high school. After graduating from Southwestern at Memphis — now known as Rhodes College — in 1983, she returned to the newspaper as a beat reporter, then team leader, then city editor and, finally, columnist.
"I have the greatest gig," she wrote on Oct. 31, 2010, the 10th anniversary of her first column. "Three times a week, I get to write commentary on anything and everything that affects my wonderful city of Nashville. I'm captain of the Lucky Dawg Club."
"Gail was a consummate journalist," said Tennessean Editor and Director of News Maria De Varenne, who edited Mrs. Kerr's columns. "She gave voice to those in the community who didn't have one. She stood up for people and causes she believed in, and she wasn't afraid to spar with politicians and civic leaders when she disagreed with them.
"Her insightful and thought-provoking columns were a mainstay, and she will be missed by her friends at The Tennessean and throughout the community."
Mrs. Kerr, who grew up in Donelson, started working for The Tennessean as a "copy girl" in 1978, when she was in high school. After graduating from Southwestern at Memphis — now known as Rhodes College — in 1983, she returned to the newspaper as a beat reporter, then team leader, then city editor and, finally, columnist.
"I have the greatest gig," she wrote on Oct. 31, 2010, the 10th anniversary of her first column. "Three times a week, I get to write commentary on anything and everything that affects my wonderful city of Nashville. I'm captain of the Lucky Dawg Club."
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