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02-24-2012, 9:51am
Unpaid bill from years ago leads to hospice gift
Posted: Thu, Feb. 23, 2012, 2:35 PM
MURRAY, Ky. - A Chicago businessman who insisted on paying an unpaid bill dating back some 25 years has instead donated the money to a Kentucky hospital.
Zee Enix once ran a home furnishings business in Murray, Ky. He says the man called him and said he wanted to pay a $600 bill he had found.
The Paducah Sun reports that Enix told the man, who did not want to be identified, that he didn't owe anything. But the businessman persisted.
So Enix agreed that the man could instead make a charity donation to the Murray-Calloway Endowment for Healthcare, which is working to build a hospice.
Keith Travis oversees endowments for the Murray-Calloway County Hospital. He says that the gift stands out as unusual.
Travis says $1 million has been raised so far for the hospice.
Posted: Thu, Feb. 23, 2012, 2:35 PM
MURRAY, Ky. - A Chicago businessman who insisted on paying an unpaid bill dating back some 25 years has instead donated the money to a Kentucky hospital.
Zee Enix once ran a home furnishings business in Murray, Ky. He says the man called him and said he wanted to pay a $600 bill he had found.
The Paducah Sun reports that Enix told the man, who did not want to be identified, that he didn't owe anything. But the businessman persisted.
So Enix agreed that the man could instead make a charity donation to the Murray-Calloway Endowment for Healthcare, which is working to build a hospice.
Keith Travis oversees endowments for the Murray-Calloway County Hospital. He says that the gift stands out as unusual.
Travis says $1 million has been raised so far for the hospice.