When did you meet Mickey?
2010
Where did you meet him?
Grandview Lake
Memory of Mickey
Mickey was our Grandview Lake Corporation chair when we met him during our Georgia Adopt-A-Lake monthly monitoring project. I didn’t know he was a physician for a long time as he didn’t fit the mold. I got to know his wit and commitment to our BBQ socials as he and Al Clayton matched wit, stories, and tall tales – Alan was privileged to spend hours listening to the “old guys” watching the fires, drinking coffee, and just being with each other. I learned how highly Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center valued his service there – his patients loved him – and it was my job to figure out his writing on the Patient Assistance Program scripts and follow up with his patients to make sure I was interpreting the scripts/directions in my volunteer capacity in PDAP.
Sharon and I began a twice a week exercise program at the YMCA in Canton, and I learned that Mickey and Sharon were liberal democrats, just like us, in a sea of conservatives! Even many of their Morningside friends were democrats in Pickens County!
Alan helped Mickey set up a scientific weather station, as the researcher in Mickey enjoyed checking the measurements.
My last Mickey story was at the end of January 2017 when I called Sharon to confirm I was picking her up that Friday. She was obviously busy getting ready, but Mickey answered the phone not with a “Hello,” but “Build the Wall, Build the Wall, Build the Wall!” I laughed for a week with that answer, as Trump had just been inaugurated, and the idea was so incredible.
I know there were other stories, but until recently, Mickey was a larger than life character so full of life and perspective that I couldn’t imagine such a vibrant personality leaving us so soon! All I can say is that his work must have been done, and he was allowed to leave his bad back on earth, and perhaps mentor another personality to continue his work from another realm.