Charles Searcy Retires From The Tennessean After 45 Years

The retirement column, a tough one to write, so we'll skip with all the baloney and just say thanks to a bunch of people. Length and a lapse of memory over the past 45 years will, undoubtedly leave someone out. For that, I'm deeply sorry. So, here goes:

Floyd Simmons, Clyde Handley, Larry Hickerson, John Sloan, Gary Myers, H.L Abernathy, C. M. Newton, Jim Goosetree, Glen Smith, Dale Shuck, Duck Elliott, Lee Hollifield, Bob Harmon, Dave Kohler, Bill Justice, Pat Woolsey, Kenneth Hesson, Glen Wallace, Harold Allen, Lance Alworth, Tommy Akin, Red Anderson, Danny Scott, Danny Hatton, Charlie Ingram, Charlie Anderson, Clark Akers, Earl Bentz, Taylor Britton, Barry Songy, Ann Lewis, Bob Keast, Tony Bean, Porter Waggoner, Dave Bishop, Keith Jackson, Todd St John, Helen Seiver, Dewey Hendricks, Bob Smithson, Rod Smithson-, Travis Tritt, George Edwards, Bill Dance, and Bill Bellis.

Bobby Swafford, Carl Barger, Butch Borchert, Steve Davis, Artie Schlanker, Ray Scott, Bob Cobb, Sonny Stultz, Bill James, Jay Jones, Harold Sharp, Boots Donnelly, Johnny Majors, Shirley Majors, Faye Hickerson, Danny Scott, Joe Buford, Ray Ball, Tommy Cox,

John Hunt, Stan Hunt, Stan Sloan, Bill Huntley, Tom Mann, Charlie Spence, Jim Rogers Dave Barton, Mickey Mantle, Dale Sellers, Rev. Jim Beasley, Jim Bagley, Dave Hughes and Sam Cagle, Elmus Johnson, Darwin Gard, Jerry Johnson, Alan Stinson, Dick Kotis, Andy Kirby and Tim Long.

Joe Reeves, Steve Patrick, Beano Bouldin, Joe Ruttman, Bill Elliott, Casey Atwood, Bobby Ray Baucom, Chuck Pippen, DL Hayes, Harold Knight, Joe Cathey, Ed Evans, Stoney Merriman, Joe Rosen, Rex Prince, Fred Thomson, Jeanette Rudy, Jerry Kilgore, Mike McLemore, and George Sidan.

Dave Carroll, Tommy’ Martin, Rick Clunn, Carl Searcy, Jerry Coble, Jerry Merola, Bob Collins, Jack Christian, Ron Fox, Doug Markham, Jimmy Holt, Larry Marcum, Ben Layton, Ed Warr, Christie Hooper, Tony Campbell, Ed Pulley, Alan McCrary, Emily Shaffer, Henry Hooker, Charlie Burker, Fred Sedal, Johnny Padgett, David McKinney, Cindy Caperton, Jeff Cox, Charlie Yow, Billy Westmoreland, Jack Huddleston, Eddie Khayat, Andy Kelly, Corey Fleming, Brad Lamontagne, Mike Webb, James Thomason and Jerry Thompson.

Mike Caperton, Larry Shaffer, Roger Jarvis, Chuck Moore, Velma Jones, Bill Hofmeister Dean Clark, Jerry Bailey, Burma Thomas, Charlie Brewer, Fred David, Skeeter Dodd, Mike Lorance, John Ward, Tom Summers, Bud Dunn, Dave Loos, Ralph "Shug" Jordan, Russ Thompson and Ron Thomas.

Roland Martin, Dudley Korth, Jimmy Grockett, Randy Dearman, Jim Duckworth, Frankie Mize, Steve McCadams, Linda England, Fredda Lee, Bob Miller, Phil Murphy, Larry Nixon, Bill Norman, Jerry Nance, Chuck Robinson, Danny Helms and Fred Ray.

The Poindexters, Howard Taylor, Roger Gant, Wayne Pollock, Bill Reeves, Mke Stubbs, Hank Parker, Ged Petit, Joe Hooper, Denny Petro, Connie Petracek, Jacky Grantham, Twink Greene, Harold Hurst, Roland Hopkins, Leo Ross, Billy Batson, Johnny Rutherford and Paul Bryant.

And, of course, my wife Joyce and sons, Ryan and Chris.