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Hundreds packed out the FedEx Forum Monday to honor the life and legacy of FedEx founder Fred Smith. Smith died June 21 and ...
Thousands filed into the FedEx Forum Monday to honor the man many called the most influential person in Memphis, FedEx ...
FedEx honored its late founder, Fred Smith, with a celebration of life event at FedExForum in Memphis on what would have been his 81st birthday.
Let’s begin with a moment of reassurance. A good two hours into the public celebration of the life of Frederick W. Smith on ...
"This key represents our gratitude, our admiration and our enduring respect ...," Memphis Mayor Paul Young said during an ...
At the celebration of life for Frederick W. Smith, hundreds of people gathered to honor a man who shaped the city, and ...
Frederick W. Smith's death made international headlines, but he wasn't the first transportation-industry Fred Smith whose obituary was on the front page of the Memphis newspapers.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said. He was 80. FedEx started operating in 1973, delivering small ...
Fred Smith, who transformed the parcel shipping industry by risking his family’s fortune to found FedEx Corp. in 1971, has died. He was 80. “It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that ...
A memorial "Celebration" was held in Memphis for late FedEx founder Fred Smith on Aug. 11, what would have been his 81st birthday.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphians honored FedEx Founder Frederick W. Smith at a celebration of life ceremony on August 11. On what ...