My mother and Stephanie Morrow’s mother have been friends since childhood and grew up together in a small town named Hartsville, SC. Although my family was in Charleston and Stephanie’s in Columbia, SC we got to know them well not only because our mother’s were childhood friends, but because 20-30 yrs ago when you grew up LDS in South Carolina you pretty much knew everyone else in South Carolina that is also LDS (especially in your teen years). It’s a small world that way. Stephanie dated my brother and I dated her brother. Her sister lived with us for a year. I’ve known her long enough to honestly say, she is one of the nicest people I’ve ever known….not a mean bone in her body. That’s the way she and David raised their boys too. This family is like family to me and my family. We love them all and so when David was diagnosed w/ brain cancer we prayed for a miracle with hundreds of others who have been touched by this family over the years. Stephanie and David have lived in Charleston and been in my family’s Ward now for about 20 years. David was the Bishop of this Ward the past 3 years. He finished medical school and his training at the Medical School of South Carolina (MUSC) located in downtown Charleston. He was an orthopedic surgeon and touched many co-workers and patients’ lives (see link for “Memories of David”). Unfortunately though due to all his training he only worked 7 years and the family still has school loans to pay back and now huge medical bills. This terrible tragedy has left Stephanie w/ five boys who still hope to go to college and go on missions. Please help me decrease some of the aftershock of loosing David by decreasing some of their financial burdens. Every little bit will help.
