The Admiral passed away yesterday

[surepip]

We received an email from the Admiral's daughter Anne this morning that her dad passed away yesterday from congestive heart failure and pneumonia after entering the hospital when he fell and broke his pelvis.

 

Admiral Steve and my dad were both only sons born a year apart, and they spent every summer with each other. They grew up more like brothers than cousins, and remained close all of their lives. I remember staying at their house in DC when I was a little kid. And them coming to stay with us in Atlanta when they would be visiting from Hawaii or Guam where he spend most of his career.

 

Melissa and I used to travel to San Diego every year for the Pacific Egg and Poultry Meeting, and we would go out to dinner with Steve and Clara and spend a day visiting the zoo, or Old Towne, or other local places of attraction. There were alot of fun to be with. Clara passed away just after Christmas 3 years ago, and Steve's health has been fragile for several years.

 

We last saw the Admiral at a small family gathering honoring another cousin on his 90th birthday in Austin, Texas 5 years ago. The Admiral would have turned 90 on January 7th.

 

He was a naval aviator in the Pacific during World War II, and became the youngest peace time admiral ever commissioned when he took over the Bon Homme Richard in the late 1950s. But his major claim to fame was as the father to Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors. However, Jim was a taboo topic whenever we were with Steve and Clara.

 

We are having a Morrison Family Reunion in Rome, Georgia next year, and many of us were looking forward to seeing the admiral again. He was born in Rome, as was my Grandfather.

 

The admiral will be missed my many. He was a ture pearl.

[Tiger Mama]

We received an email from the Admiral's daughter Anne this morning that her dad passed away yesterday from congestive heart failure and pneumonia after entering the hospital when he fell and broke his pelvis.

 

Admiral Steve and my dad were both only sons born a year apart, and they spent every summer with each other. They grew up more like brothers than cousins, and remained close all of their lives. I remember staying at their house in DC when I was a little kid. And them coming to stay with us in Atlanta when they would be visiting from Hawaii or Guam where he spend most of his career.

 

Melissa and I used to travel to San Diego every year for the Pacific Egg and Poultry Meeting, and we would go out to dinner with Steve and Clara and spend a day visiting the zoo, or Old Towne, or other local places of attraction. There were alot of fun to be with. Clara passed away just after Christmas 3 years ago, and Steve's health has been fragile for several years.

 

We last saw the Admiral at a small family gathering honoring another cousin on his 90th birthday in Austin, Texas 5 years ago. The Admiral would have turned 90 on January 7th.

 

He was a naval aviator in the Pacific during World War II, and became the youngest peace time admiral ever commissioned when he took over the Bon Homme Richard in the late 1950s. But his major claim to fame was as the father to Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors. However, Jim was a taboo topic whenever we were with Steve and Clara.

 

We are having a Morrison Family Reunion in Rome, Georgia next year, and many of us were looking forward to seeing the admiral again. He was born in Rome, as was my Grandfather.

 

The admiral will be missed my many. He was a ture pearl.

 

[HappyToBe]

I'm sorry for your loss. He sounds like a truly inspiring person.