Photos: Bill Lee visits Memphis through the years (2024)

Gov. Bill Lee shares a laugh with Mayor Jim Strickland as they were both on hand Tuesday at Shelby County Schools Teaching and Learning Academy to announce the Tennessee Builders Education Foundation high school curriculum launch to address workers shortage in homebuilding industry.

Gov. Bill Lee is shown memorabilia by Jeff Kollath, executive director of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, as Lee visits the museum as part of the celebration for the passage of The ELVIS Act, short for the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks to the media Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at CPAC Memphis at Holiday Inn University of Memphis.

Governor Bill Lee, right, stands next to Speaker Cameron Sexton, left, as he listens to a question from the media about school vouchers after a panel consisting of parents, the head of New Hope Christian Academy, and Speaker Cameron Sexton on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at the New Hope Christian Academy library in Memphis, Tenn.

Gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee makes a campaign tour stop at the Collierville Town Hall on Friday, Dec. 26, 2018.

Vice President Mike Pence, right, and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee walk on the tarmac at the Air National Guard 164th Airlift Wing prior to a rountable discussion about Operation Warp Speed on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Memphis, Tenn.

Republican Bill Lee speaks at the gubernatorial debate at the University of Memphis' Michael D. Rose Theater in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018.

Tennessee State Governor Bill Lee speaks during the announcement, through the partnerships of the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development and Memphis tourism, of the Withers Collection Museum & Gallery becoming a new Tennessee site on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail at 333 Beale Street on Tuesday, Feb. 06, 2024 in Memphis, Tenn.

Gov. Bill Lee and Mayor Jim Strickland during a press conference to announce a $450 million investment in Memphis hub from the executive airport terminal on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019.

Gov. Bill Lee walks Jeff Kollath, executive director of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, while they walk through a hall display of Stax records as Lee visits as part of the celebration for the passage of The ELVIS Act, short for the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee during a press conference in Memphis at Hanley Elementary School on Friday, April 23, 2021.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and his wife Maria Lee visit the drive-through testing site at Christ Community Health Center on Frayser Boulevard, in Memphis, Tenn., on Saturday, April 25, 2020.

Deanie Parker, a former Stax artist, publicist and executive, laughs with Gov. Bill Lee as they look at her prom dress on display in the Stax Museum of American Soul Music as Lee visits as part of the celebration for the passage of The ELVIS Act, short for the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Feb. 12, 2019 - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announces that FedEx Logistics will move its headquarters to the former Gibson Guitar building in Downtown Memphis.

Democrat Karl Dean and Republican Bill Lee shake hands following the gubernatorial debate at the University of Memphis' Michael D. Rose Theater in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018.

Gov. Bill Lee smiles as he speaks with Stax Music Academy staff inside of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music as he visits as part of the celebration for the passage of The ELVIS Act, short for the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Mayor of Memphis Jim Strickland, from left, Gov. Bill Lee and Mayor of Shelby County Lee Harris were on hand Tuesday at Shelby County Schools Teaching and Learning Academy to announce the Tennessee Builders Education Foundation high school curriculum launch to address workers shortage in homebuilding industry.

Gov. Bill Lee, Mayor of Memphis Jim Strickland and Mayor of Shelby County Lee Harris were on hand Tuesday at Shelby County Schools Teaching and Learning Academy to announce the Tennessee Builders Education Foundation high school curriculum launch beginning to address a worker shortage in the homebuilding industry.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks with Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland at the 2022 MMBC Continuum Economic Development Forum on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, at the Renasant Convention Center in Memphis.

Gov. Bill Lee greets Miss Tennessee Christine Williamson on Tuesday before an announcement at Shelby County Schools Teaching and Learning Academy on the Tennessee Builders Education Foundation high school curriculum launch to address workers shortage in homebuilding industry.

Gov. Bill Lee speaks at the Economic Club of Memphis monthly meeting Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, at the University Club of Memphis.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee speaks to the media about COVID-19 vaccine doses in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021.

Gov. Bill Lee walks out of BB King's Blues Club on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, on Beale Street in downtown Memphis. Lee visited he club to announce the addition of the Beale Street Historic District and the former home of WDIA radio station to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee visits the drive-through testing site at Christ Community Health Center on Frayser Boulevard, in Memphis, Tenn., on Saturday, April 25, 2020.

Gov. Bill Lee speaks Monday, May 18, 2020, in front of the former Commercial Appeal building on Union Avenue in Memphis.

Gov. Bill Lee speaks about the state’s response to the coronavirus from Memphis International Airport on Friday, March 27, 2020.

Gov. Bill Lee speaks Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, at BB King's Blues Club on Beale Street in downtown Memphis. Lee visited he club to announce the addition of the Beale Street Historic District and the former home of WDIA radio station to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.

Gov. Bill Lee listens to Commissioner of Health Dr. Lisa Piercey as she speaks about the state’s response to the coronavirus from Memphis International Airport on Friday, March 27, 2020.

April 18, 2018 - Bill Lee converses with Diane Black at the conclusion of the West Tennessee Gubernatorial Debate at the Halloran Center in Memphis on Wednesday.

TN Governor Bill Lee, the Department of Children Service’s Housing, and The Church of God in Christ partner to open new apartments to house foster children who are transitioning to permanent homes. A tour was given to the press on May 3, 2023 in Memphis. The apartments are located in Shelby County.

May 31, 2018 - Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee delivers a speech during a town hall meeting at the Houston Levee Community Center in Cordova on Thursday morning. According to a press release, Lee is the chairman of Lee Company, "a family-owned construction, facilities and home services company with offices and operations throughout Middle Tennessee, Northern Alabama and Southern Kentucky."

Gov. Bill Lee and Bev Johnson get together for a photograph Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, at BB King's Blues Club on Beale Street in downtown Memphis. Lee visited he club to announce the addition of the Beale Street Historic District and the former home of WDIA radio station to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and ASD Interim Superintendent Lisa Settle in Memphis before touring Hanley Elementary School in Orange Mound on Friday, April 23, 2021.

Speaker Cameron Sexton speaks about school vouchers during a panel consisting of parents, the head of New Hope Christian Academy, and Governor Bill Lee on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at the New Hope Christian Academy library in Memphis, Tenn.

March 07, 2019 - Gov. Bill Lee speaks to the media following his first State of West Tennessee address delivered at the University of Memphis Thursday night.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee shakes an attendee's hand at the funeral of State Representative Barbara Cooper at Cathedral of Immaculate Conception on Nov. 4, 2022 in Memphis.

Gov. Bill Lee talks with Maj. Gen. Bob Whittle of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before speaking Monday, May 18, 2020, in front of the former Commercial Appeal building on Union Avenue in Memphis.