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Betty Morris
Betty Ford Morris, 85, of Hawesville, beloved wife, mother, Ganny and sister passed away peacefully into the arms of her Father on July 12, 2024 after having a wonderful Life. She was born on June 14, 1939 to the late Henry and Thelma Lanman Ford in Tell City, IN. A strong lover of her family,…
Read MoreHealthy Habits: Loss
Yorktown, Virginia is where that final battle in the American Revolutionary War happened and our first President of the United States, George Washington, led the Continental Army to victory. Please take out last week’s printed edition of The Clarion (7-4-2024) and, on page 1, mark out ‘New York’ and write ‘Virginia’. My dad, the late…
Read MoreWhat I Learned From Dying: Holding out hope
So last week I had to make the decision whether to try a new chemo that could likely kill me or stop all treatment and just slowly succumb to the cancer that is already killing me. I guess I sort of wimped out and chose something in the middle. I decided to try the new…
Read MoreWhat I Learned From Dying: I may be dying but I still have hope
A little more than a week ago I was preparing for my chemotherapy but when I told the nurse about my neuropathy and a spate of blisters that had broken out on my hands, they canceled that session. When the nurse was explaining the reasoning behind canceling she said something that, while true, hit me…
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