Article: Stephanie Curry-Shelton, 1982-2006

Article: COLUMBIA AT 25; A Town Less Adventurous, but No Less Appealing
The Washington Post;  June 18, 1992 ;     700+ words ...For Columbia's earliest residents, the self-styled...developed the city. So many people toured Columbia in the early days after its opening in...in the sense that they are moving into Columbia's ninth and final village, arrive with...

Article: Keith Dean, 39, owner/manager, Dean Memorial Funeral Home, in Brandon.
Mississippi Business Journal;  February 20, 2006 ;     653 words ...As the founder of Dean Memorial Funeral Home, Keith Dean thought he...of 1992, Dean opened Dean Memorial Funeral Home in Brandon and the Paradise...when he first opened Dean Memorial Funeral Home, noted nominator Kimberly...

Article: Columbia relishes its underdog role
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  August 29, 2003 ;     603 words ...Columbia's players would make bad PR men. They're just not interested...lineman Dean Fisher said with a smile. Word has spread to Columbia that most people are predicting L-S will win the crown...filed that little fact away in its collective memory bank. Columbia will just go quietly about its business. "I ...

Article: Planning for goodbyes: Memorial Funeral Home has been assisting grieving families for more than 50 years.
Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO);  January 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......now the general manager of Memorial Funeral Home, Crematory & Memorial...rewarding. Words can't describe. Memorial Funeral Home might be one of the...full-page newspaper ad inviting Columbia to an open house. The original...Forney said the average Memorial funeral, which ...

Article: Planning for goodbyes Memorial Funeral Home has been assisting grieving families for more than 50 years.
Columbia Daily Tribune;  January 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......As general manager of Memorial Funeral Home, he's realized a...the general manager of Memorial Funeral Home, Crematory & Memorial...Words can't describe." - Memorial Funeral Home might be one of the...newspaper ad inviting Columbia to an open house. The...agree. After ...

Article: Defections Hurt D.C. Hospital; Sibley Lures Doctors Away From Columbia
The Washington Post;  December 21, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Columbia Hospital for Women has delivered more than 250,000 babies...to accommodate wives and widows of Civil War veterans, Columbia was for decades the region's premier maternity hospital...aggressive move by Sibley Memorial Hospital, which lured away Columbia's two largest groups of obstetricians with ...

Article: Moving abroad: Columbia looks for opportunities to expand overseas.(Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.)
Modern Healthcare;  June 23, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Columbia looks for opportunities to expand overseas Overseas holdings represent a fraction of its total operations, but Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.'s explorations into worldwide markets are picking up steam. While Columbia's hospital acquisitions have slowed in the U.S., the Nashville-bas...

Article: Best-laid plans go astray; hospital giant forced to scale back grand Ohio growth strategy. (Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp)(Company Profile)
Crain's Cleveland Business;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.'s Ohio growth strategy has unraveled at the seams, as seen...uncertainty of the community reaction it we proceed - are being put on hold until Columbia gets itself repositioned, said Peter G. Reibold, who was president of Columbia's Ohio Division until he retired last Friday, ...

Article: Columbia First's Stock Sale Was a Practical Business Decision, Not `Treachery'
The Washington Post;  December 1, 1988 ;     700+ words ...Columbia First Federal Savings and Loan Association's agreement...against the circumstances that led to the agreement between Columbia First's management and an investor group headed by Washington...investors will purchase 792,000 newly issued shares of Columbia First common stock at $22 each. As reported ...

Article: Metro area native to reopen Jackson Memorial funeral Home
The Mississippi Business Journal;  November 18, 2002 ;     456 words ......has purchased the historic Jackson Memorial Funeral Home on the corner of Woodrow Wilson...next month and plans to open Jackson Memorial Funeral Home, formerly Denton Funeral Home...opportunity to own the circa-1950's Jackson Memorial Funeral Home, Murriel is returning to his...

Article: Homing in on home care: Columbia quietly builds largest hospital-based home-care firm in just two years.(Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.)
Modern Healthcare;  January 27, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Columbia quietly builds largest hospital-based home-care firm in just two years Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. is pursuing home-care agencies as...deals, but without as much fanfare. In just two years, Columbia has built the country's largest hospital-based home-care...

Article: Humor at the Expense of Columbia; Web Site's Jokes--Heavy on Affluence--Are More Off Target Than On, Residents Say
The Washington Post;  August 21, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Columbia: such fond fodder for outsiders contemptuous of the prim and fastidious. By tradition--and by fashion--Columbia has been the butt of jokes since it was founded in 1967...humorous"--yet often hackneyed and snarky--anecdotes mocking Columbia culture. A small taste: "Two yuppies in Columbia ...

Article: Metro area native to reopen Jackson Memorial Funeral Home: Murriel moving in to historic Jackson site.(profile of executive at Gregory B. Levett and Sons Funeral Home Inc.)
Mississippi Business Journal;  November 18, 2002 ;     469 words ......has purchased the historic Jackson Memorial Funeral Home on the corner of Woodrow Wilson...next month and plans to open Jackson Memorial Funeral Home, formerly Denton Funeral Home...opportunity to own the circa-1950's Jackson Memorial Funeral Home, Murriel is returning to his...

Article: Bill's Dollar Store back to hometown roots in Columbia
The Mississippi Business Journal;  July 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ...COLUMBIA - Bill's Dollar Store, a discount retailer that now has...stores in 13 Southeastern states, had its beginnings in Columbia. Now the company that most recently was headquartered...Store is in the process of moving its headquarters back to Columbia, and consolidating its distribution centers to ...