On Father’s Day three years ago, Kristi and Terry Howard lost their daughter, Ashley Howard, while on a family outing at Lake Lanier. Upon Ashley’s death, her organs where donated to four people: three in Georgia and one in Indiana. The Howards find hope in her organ donations. <br>Staff/Joshua Sharpe
On Father’s Day three years ago, Kristi and Terry Howard lost their daughter, Ashley Howard, while on a family outing at Lake Lanier. Upon Ashley’s death, her organs where donated to four people: three in Georgia and one in Indiana. The Howards find hope in her organ donations.
Staff/Joshua Sharpe
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Living on: Family remembers daughter whose organs saved four others
by Joshua Sharpe
May 19, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
It was Father’s Day three years ago when a Cherokee County husband and wife lost their teenage daughter in a boating accident on Lake Lanier, but for the family left behind and the people who received one of her organs, her story is far from over.
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