Shaquille Purifoy
Shaquille “Shaq” Purifoy was a gifted multi-sport athlete, having played football, basketball and track at Pensacola’s Pine Forest High School and continuing on to play football at Grambling State University.
22 stories
Stories
These stories come from the donor families and transplant recipients of northern Florida.
Justyn Meyer
Donna Peavy’s family has been touched by organ and tissue donation from multiple angles.
Jeffrey Morrill
Jeffrey Morrill was living his dream — married to Keri, his high school sweetheart, four beautiful children, a job he loved to go to every day and teaching Sunday school to 3-year-olds at First Baptist Church.
Jaylen Clausell
A star athlete at Pine Forest High School in Pensacola, Florida, Jaylen Clausell was living the dream.
Jason Gionet
“The transplant gift from your loved one enables me to now walk and care for my wife who is confined to a wheelchair with MS (multiple sclerosis),” Cliff Gionet, donor father, read from a letter.
Holly Bunting
Holly Bunting was an inquisitive third-grade student with beautiful, blue eyes and long, blonde hair.
Desiree Miller
“I’ve always been driven to help others, and that’s what guided me to nursing,” said Letitia Williams, UF Health 11-5 Neurosurgery Unit Clinical Leader.
Becky and Candi
When Becky Raulerson found out that her best friend since elementary school, Candi Newsom Hinson, would need a kidney transplant, Becky was determined to be Candi’s living donor.
Anthony Branca
“If you met Anthony, you liked him,” said Demetrius Branca, Anthony’s father.
Tyrone Brisby
Tyrone and Dee Brisby have formed a lasting bond with Tyrone’s donor family, united by gratitude and a shared mission to honor the Gift of Life.
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