organ donation


March 12, 2018

Organ Recipient Befriends His Donor’s Family

Katrina Dupins

March 12, 2018 | Trenton Williams, 24, a graduate of Lamar High School in 2006, had big, blue eyes and a warm smile. His mother, Jeri’ Williams, remembers him being trustworthy and loyal. The youngest of four siblings, he was a smart and meticulous planner who worked hard, she said. He was successful at his…


December 6, 2017

Three Arkansans to be Honored in 2018 Rose Parade

Kate Franks

Dec. 6, 2017 | Thirty-eight-year-old Melissa Owen of Little Rock died on Christmas Eve 2014 after suffering a brain aneurysm and a stroke. Two days later – just one day after being placed on the transplant list — Yolanda Harshaw, also of Little Rock, received a call that the heart she needed for a life-saving…


March 19, 2015

Cornea Transplant Patient Grateful for Donor

Holland Doran

Lisa Holt thinks about the family of her eye donor every March — National Eye Donor Month — and is grateful.