calsfoundation@cals.org
December 14, 2010
Businessman William Thomas Dillard was born on September 2, 1914, in Mineral Springs (Howard County). From a single store in Nashville (Howard County), he created Dillard’s, Inc., one of the nation’s largest fashion apparel and home-furnishings retailers, with more than 300 stores in twenty-nine states. He died in Little Rock (Pulaski County) in 2002.