Unpaid bill from years ago leads to hospice gift

[February 24, 2012]  MURRAY, Ky. (AP) -- 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.

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Information from: The Paducah Sun, http://www.paducahsun.com/

[Associated Press]

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