McCrory Stores his last name so he would not have to pay for extra letters on his store signs. McCrory died in 1923 having built McCrory Stores Corporation into a success. However, in 1933 the company declared bankruptcy and was dissolved, but it was eventually re-established as McCrory Stores and resumed operations. One of the early investors was Sebastian Spering Kresge, who later founded the S.S. Kresge chain, which became Kmart. In 1899, Kresge traded his interest in the McCrory's Memphis, Tennessee store for McCrory's interest in the Detroit, Michigan, store, giving him control there. In 1987, the Kmart Corporation sold its
S. C. C. Anthony Pillai Anthony Pillai died on 16 August 2000 of cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Chennai, India. S. C. C. Anthony Pillai Sebastian Cyril Constantine Anthony Pillai (27 April 1914 – 16 August 2000) was an Indian trade unionist, politician and Member of Parliament. Anthony Pillai was born on 27 April 1914 in Jaffna in northern Ceylon. He was the son of S. Anthony Pillai. His family were Roman Catholics whose ancestors came from Tirunelveli District in India. Anthony Pillai was educated at St. Patrick's College, Jaffna. After school he studied history at the Ceylon University College. He later studied