HGTC graduate honored on float in Rose Parade as organ donor

Myrtle Beach | Steve Palisin


The late Keith Wallace, whose donated organs helped save four other peoole, will be remembered in a floral portrait on the Donate Life float as part of the Rose Parade, Jan. 1 in Pasadena, Calif. COURTESY PHOTO

Talk about a gift that keeps on giving, all year long, possibly for many more years, and maybe for multiple other people ...

The face of a late Horry-Georgetown Technical College alumnus will grace a 12-by-16-inch floragraph, or floral portrait, on Donate Life’s “Light Up the World” float on New Year’s Day in the Tournament of Roses 125th annual Rose Parade, which precedes the Rose Bowl Game.

Keith Wallace, a graduate with an associate’s degree in golf course management, died Aug. 2, 2012, from a ruptured brain aneurysm after experiencing an extreme headache and going comatose the previous day, said Mark Johnson, media relations coordinator for LifePoint, Inc. of Charleston, a registry begun in 2009 to handle organ and tissue donation services across South Carolina.
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