JAY - The Memorial Day Parade Committee for Livermore, Livermore Falls and Jay is hoping to have our Veterans, 90 and older, ride in this years parade in classics convertibles, representing their branch of service. We have a list of possibilities, some of who have been asked. There will be volunteers to aid those Veterans
1929-2021: George Dorion was Jacksonville philanthropist and Bacardi family member and chemist firstcoastnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from firstcoastnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
George H. Dorion, a chemist by trade at the Bacardi spirits company founded by his great-grandfather and a philanthropist who supported a myriad of causes and helped found the River Run, died Wednesday at his Jacksonville home two days before his 92nd birthday.
He had prostate cancer that had metastasized, according to his wife of 63 years, Dorothy Dottie Dorion, a former hospice nurse. Despite his illness, he had been up and around until a week or so before his death. He was holding onto my arm, looked me in the eye, gave me a little smile and he was gone, she said. We had wonderful times. … I couldn t have picked a better mate.