MORGAN CITY, LA.By ZACHARY FITZGERALD
A Stephensville native and Morgan City High School graduate who died 10 years ago in a boating accident will be honored as an organ donor by having his portrait displayed on a float at the Rose Bowl Parade on New Year’s Day.
Travis Rhodes, a native of Stephensville and a 1988 Morgan City High School graduate, died in a boating accident in 2003 while practicing in his new racing boat on False River. He was living in Breaux Bridge at the time of his death.
His portrait will be displayed on the Donate Life float as a floragraph, which is made of organic materials, such as coffee, rice or seeds, Rhodes’ widow, Renee Rhodes said. “Being up there with 81 other floragraphs seen by the world is just a feeling you really can’t put into words,” she said.
Everyone on the Donate Life float is there for the same reason, either as a family member of a deceased love one who was a donor or as a recipient of donor organs, Renee Rhodes said.
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