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2012-2018 RECIPIENT
2015, 2018 RECIPENT
HOSPICE
HONORS
HOSPICE
HONORS elite
Hospice of the Golden Isles is the ONLY local
hospice to receive Hospice
Honors Elite in 2018
Hospice of the Golden Isles is the ONLY hospice
in Georgia that has received
Hospice Honors for six consecutive years
HOSPICE OF THE
GOLDEN ISLES RECEIVES
PRESTIGIOUS HOSPICE
HONORS ELITE AWARD
"Our Hospice team is thrilled to receive
this very special national recognition
from HEALTHCAREfirst for the sixth year
in a row. Hospice Honors is a prestigious
award for hospices that consistently
receive outstanding results on family
satisfaction surveys. Our incomparable
team earns this accolade through their
dedication to our mission and the
compassion and expertise they bring to
their work every day."
- Karen Brubaker Miller, CEO, LCSW, ACHE
HOSPICE,™
GOLDEN ISLES
1692 Glynco Parkway | Brunswick, GA 31525
912.265.4735 | 866.275.6801 | www.hospice.me
In Memoriam
James Michael "Mike" Morrison
Mike Morrison was released the
day after Christmas from the distress
and pain of ALS “Lou Gehrig’s” dis
ease, one of the most debilitating of
all diseases.
Suffer though he did, Mike never
complained and even near the end
insisted on doing for himself all that
he was able to of the various minis
trations his condition required. For
tunately, his buddy from school days,
Bruce Wiles, who lived next door, was
ever ready to help.
Mike was born in Atlanta’s Craw
ford W. Long Hospital on February 18,
1956. His boyhood school days were
spent in Brunswick, at Sidney Lanier
and C. B. Greer Elementary, Jane
Macon Junior High, and Brunswick
High. He attended Brunswick Junior
College, then transferred to the Uni
versity of Georgia where he gradu
ated with a degree in History and did
graduate study in Journalism.
One of Mike’s primary interests
was the Appalachian Trail.
His own words:
“...I was about in the middle of an
attempted Appalachian Trail hike,
but an illness brought me home.”
(This from a column of Mike’s pub
lished by The Brunswick News.)
“My plan was to recuperate, then
return to the Shenandoah Moun
tains of Virginia and continue on
northward....”
But Mike changed his mind.
“Two weeks after giving up the
thought of hiking the entire Appa
lachian Trail in one fell swoop, the
inclination returned stronger than
ever. I began to make plans to start
over in 1980 after finishing college.
“Armed with the experience of 800
miles and a newfound will to succeed,
I set out at the end of March that
year from Springer Mountain, Ga.,
and reached the northern terminus,
Mount Katahdin, Me., in September.”
Mike adds:
“I can’t say that hiking gives you
a sense of immortality, but it does
make you live in the moment. There
is no future, there is no past. There’s
only now and you wish you could stop
the clock, freeze the time, as you’re
treading a path in the high up moun
tains where the cool wind blows.”
Another great interest of Mike’s
was travel. Once during the 1980s
he took a year off from his job at The
Brunswick News for a backpacking
trek through most of the countries of
Western Europe. Over the years his
favorite travel destination was Lon
don, to which he flew for a total of 21
visits.
Speaking of numbers, Mike re
ceived a total of 66 writing awards
while he was on The Brunswick News
staff from the early 1980s to 2000.
These were for his work as sports
writer, columnist and editor—and
were from the Associated Press, the
Georgia Press Association, and the
Georgia Sports Writers Association.
After 2000 Mike was a columnist
for The Islander and then a cor
respondent for the Georgia Times
Union.
Mike is survived by his wife Deb-
by Mallory, step-daughter Ginger
Mallory, two step-grandchildren,
Andrew and Sadie Bens, and Sadie’s
daughter Audrey, all of Brunswick.
He is also survived by his par
ents, Carlton A. and Beth W. Mor
rison of St. Simons, his brother and
sister-in-law, Carl and Patsy Mor
rison of Hampton, Virginia, his sis
ter and nephew, Pamela and Tom
my Timbes, and Tommy’s father,
James G. Timbes, all of St. Simons.
Mike’s paternal grandparents
were the Rev. C. A. and Bessie
Andrews Morrison. His maternal
grandparents were Gordon White,
Sr. and Grace Goocher White.
A memorial service for James
Michael “Mike” Morrison will be
held at 11 a.m. Saturday, January
12, at College Place United Meth
odist Church. The church is on Al-
tama Avenue next to the College of
Coastal Georgia.
The Rev. Dr. Bill Daniels and the
Rev Tab Miller will officiate.
The family will receive friends be
fore the service, starting at 10 a.m.
It is suggested that, instead of
sending flowers, a memorial contri
bution be made to the Appalachian
Trail Conservancy (appalachian-
trail.org) or the ALS Association
Georgia chapter (webga.alsa.org).
Pew News will
return next
week.
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