Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During his career, Smith was instrumental in securing major regulatory reforms for the air cargo and trucking industries. (Photo: ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thousands filed into the FedEx Forum Monday to honor the man many called the most influential person in Memphis, FedEx Founder Fred Smith. Smith died June 21 at age 80. “He was a part ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — FedEx has announced that it will hold a public memorial for founder Fred Smith. FedEx says that the memorial will be held on August 11 at the FedExForum and will begin at 10 AM. The ...

A public memorial for FedEx founder Fred Smith, who died June 21, will be held on August 11 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. Smith established FedEx in 1973, building it from a Yale term paper ...

FedEx honored its late founder, Fred Smith, with a celebration of life event at FedExForum in Memphis on what would have been ...

The morning of Aug. 11, for more than two hours inside FedExForum, family members, business executives, members of Congress, a Marine Corps four-star general, musicians, celebrities (Tom Hanks and ...