THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, February 11, 1997 TAG: 9702110430
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D1 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Briefs
LENGTH: 28 lines
Bernard C. Harris Publishing Co. Inc., will add 70 jobs to its Austin office by June 1997, the company said Monday. Harris Publishing, a White Plains, N.Y.-based publisher of alumni directories, has a significant presence in Norfolk and Newport News. It operates a telemarketing customer center in Newport News. The Norfolk office handles telemarketing services but concentrates on directories and yearbooks. The Austin branch has been operating since May 1994. Harris Publishing employs almost 3,000 people in Virginia, Tennessee, Texas and New York. (Staff) Service Corp. buys Smith and Williams
Smith and Williams Funeral Home, which has locations in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, has been sold to death-care titan Service Corporation International. Neither company would disclose the terms, but industry sources say that it was in the millions of dollars. Bonnie Smith and Melvin Williams started Smith and Williams in 1967. There are no plans to terminate workers, said Larry Hemenway, manager of Smith and Williams' Norfolk chapel. Service Corp. is the world's largest funeral and cemetery organization. In Hampton Roads, it owns five funeral homes and five cemeteries. (Staff)