• Opened on 1948 under the ownership of the Lavender family

• Expanded in 1953 with the addition of a new wing, providing space for two more patient rooms and another doctor’s office

• Purchased by Orval Sparkman in 1962

• Launched a $2.5 million expansion in 1967, including a three-story addition and a doctor’s clinic

• National Healthcare purchased the hospital from Hospital Corporation of America in 1976

• Community Healthcare bought the hospital from National Healthcare in 1995

• Capella Corporation purchased the hospital in 2006.

• HMC received Capella’s top awards for inpatient and outpatient services for the third year in a row in 2011.

• Capella Corp. announced on Jan. 9, 2012, it would close the hospital effective Jan. 31, 2012.