CHI St. Vincent Morrilton celebrated 100 years of service on Dec. 3.
The hospital was started by the Benedictine Sisters at St. Scholastica Monastery in 1925 in the Burrow family’s private home.
Morrilton Mayor Allen Lipsmeyer; Conway County Judge Jimmy Heart; CHI St. Vincent Morrilton (SVM) Board Member Charles Penick; CHI St. Vincent Market President W. Gerry Jones, MD; SVM Auxiliary Treasurer Delores Hartman; SVM President and Chief Nursing Officer Angie Longing; and Chief of Staff Lydia Trauth, MD.
During the Great Depression, the people of Conway County scraped together the money for the first hospital to be built after their funding fell through.
SVM Auxiliary Coordinator Tammy Smith (from left), Angie Coffman, Carol Hefner, Charlene Hale, Auxiliary President Diane Herion, Auxiliary Treasurer Delores Hartman and SVM President and Chief Nursing Officer Angie Longing.
The community has been supporting the hospital through its updates and new facilities since. Mayor Allen Lipsmeyer declared Dec. 3 CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Day.
