Original Name:
Memorial Mission Hospital CU and St. Joseph's Hospital CU (later merged and called Asheville Hospitals CU)
Founders:
Hospital employees
Founded: 1954 (Mission) and 1972 (St. Joseph's)
Merger with Self-Help: 2013
Original Founding Location: Asheville, NC
Original Name:
Memorial Mission Hospital CU and St. Joseph's Hospital CU (later merged and called Asheville Hospitals CU)
Founders:
Hospital employees
Founded: 1954 (Mission) and 1972 (St. Joseph's)
Merger with Self-Help: 2013
Original Founding Location: Asheville, NC
An aerial view of Memorial Mission Hospital in 1954. Hospital employees created Memorial Mission Hospital CU this same year. The hospital was a major employer in Asheville, NC throughout the 20th century and into the 2000s.
Old Fort Finishing Plant in Old Fort, NC was a major textiles processing plant in Western NC for many years, at one point processing over 2 million yards of fabric daily. Workers there formed the Old Fort Finishing Employees CU in 1948. After the plant closed in 1984, the credit union joined United Services.
An aerial view of the Henredon Furniture plant in Morganton, NC, where employees founded the Henredon Furniture Employees Credit Association. After a late '70s merger with Carolina Mills CU to become Financial Partners CU, the credit union joined the United Services family in 2009.
Workers at the Carolina Mills facility in Maiden, NC produced flannel, yarn and other textiles. These workers formed Carolina Mills CU in 1974, later merging with Henredon Furniture Employees Association to become Financial Partners CU and eventually United Services CU.
An undated photo of the teller line at United Services CU. United Services served members in Asheville and across Western North Carolina for many decades before it became part of the Self-Help family in 2013.
The history of United Services Credit Union and the many credit unions that merged in over the years is a bit complicated! This "family tree" lays out the connections.