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Teresa

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Our friend and co-worker Molly Parker was in a terrible car accident on December 12 as she was traveling from Santa Rosa Beach to Georgia to be with her family. She remains in critical condition in a Dothan hospital.

Molly was airlifted to the Trauma Center at Southeast Alabama Medical Center, two hours from their home in Santa Rosa Beach, FL. She immediately underwent a craniectomy to relieve some of the pressure on her brain. Since then she has been in the neuro ICU where they have been working on stabilizing her temperature, heart rate, and electrolytes, preventing seizures, monitoring her blood loss, and controlling her pain. Along with her critical brain injury, she sustained fractures of her breastbone, rib bones, vertebrae, ankle, and facial bones. She's had a CT scan each day to monitor the swelling on her brain. As of this afternoon, the swelling has not changed since yesterday. She's unconscious but has been responding at times to pain. gofundme

Molly has worked with Kurt and our team as a full time photographer and staff member at Moon Creek Studios and SoWal.com since 2015. She's a friend, excellent photographer, enthusiastic team member and joyful/loving/caring person. Many of our local businesses and associates know Molly and always enjoy working with her while she snaps photos for stories, events or vacation rentals, over the past several years.

Molly is a lover of life as well as huge enthusiast of beaches, music, yoga, her son and family, art and photography, and all holiday celebrations. She has touched the lives of many friends here in Santa Rosa Beach and far beyond. The outpouring of love and support has been a reminder of how special our community truly is during such a difficult time for one of our own.

Molly is 35 years old, she's a mother, wife, daughter, sister... with a big family surrounding her since the accident. Molly and her family continue to need prayers and strength. Her condition remains critical and will face a long term recovery.

If you know Molly and would like to follow updates on her recovery, please see her CaringBridge journal which is lovingly updated every day by her sister-in-laws.
https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mollymorrisonparker/journal

A gofundme recovery fund was established just after the accident for her community of friends to help provide support to her family right away:
Click here to support Molly Morrison Parker Recovery Fund organized by Jaime Coley

Our hearts are with Molly and her husband and child, and all of her family and many friends.
We love you Molly! May your love of life and family give you healing strength!

Here is a Molly selfie on the job capturing the day at the Seaside Half Marathon & 5K (Mar 2017). Molly is on the right wearing her sunglasses!

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Kurt

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Molly is such a good person, so full of love and life. Our hearts are breaking and we miss her dearly. I am glad she has great family and friends to support her, and her husband and little boy. She is a very strong person and is fighting for her life.
 

Teresa

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Molly Parker passed away last night. We are heartbroken. Molly will be missed so much by so many people in Santa Rosa Beach and far beyond. We have been blessed with her in the world. May we live her love of life.

Molly was an amazing photographer working with us every day for several years, a wonderful part of our SoWal/Moon Creek team. She was family.

Our hearts are with her family, and all of her many friends.
 

Mike Jones

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Molly loved everyone and her zest for life was most obvious around holidays - thinking of her and her family especially on this day.
 

Abby Prentiss

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Molly was unique and always had fun wherever she went. Friday night will be an event with friends, family and music she would have loved attending.

Molly Culver Morrison Parker's Celebration of Life Party
When: Friday, December 27th 6pm
Where: The Manor House Pub (located in Merry Acres Inn)
1500 Dawson Road Rd B Albany, GA 31707

Molly's Celebration of Life Service & Reception
When: Saturday, December 28th 2pm
Where: Porterfield United Methodist Church
2200 Dawson Rd Albany, GA 31707
What: Please do not wear black

Reception Immediately Following:
Where: The Shackleford House
1801 Dawson Road Albany, GA 31707
 

Abby Prentiss

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May 17, 2007
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Molly Morrison Parker, age 39, passed away surrounded by family and friends on December 22, 2019. Molly was born on July 31, 1980 in Albany, Georgia to Tommy Carroll Morrison and Donna McKenzie. She grew up in Albany and later graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design. After a few years of living in Savannah and Atlanta, interning at the Smithsonian in Washington DC, and making friends wherever she went, Molly moved to St. John in the US Virgin Islands where she met her best friend and love of her life, Tom Parker. They later moved to Colorado, where they married on August 11, 2012 on Lyons Farmette.

Molly and Tom moved to Santa Rosa Beach, Florida in 2014, where they have raised their four year old son, Arlo Lyons. Molly was a devoted mother who taught Arlo how to love deeply, laugh often, live joyfully, and befriend everyone.

Molly was a talented photographer who captured the lives of thousands in so many ways. She will be remembered for her infectious laugh and constant smile, her devotion to Tom and Arlo, her love of music and people, and her warm and kind spirit. She taught us all so much about living life to the fullness and simply enjoying the nature and beauty all around us.

Molly is survived by her husband Tom, her son Arlo, her mother Donna McKenzie, her father Tommy Morrison, her grandmother Jan Warren, sister and brother-in-law Melissa (Toota) and Alex Winskie, brother and sister-in-law Bobby and Hannah Morrison, sister Morgan McKenzie, father and mother-in-law John and Therese Parker, many brothers and sisters in law and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends who she loved and touched deeply. She was preceded in death by her stepfather Jerry McKenzie, grandfather Robert H. Warren, and grandmother Madeline Calvert.


A party to celebrate Molly's life will be held on Friday, December 27, 2019 at 6pm at the Manor House Pub in Merry Acres Inn (1500 Dawson Road Rd, Albany, GA). A service will be held on Saturday December 28, 2019 at 2pm at Porterfield United Methodist Church (2200 Dawson Rd, Albany, GA) with a reception immediately following at The Shackleford House (1801 Dawson Road Albany, GA). Please do not wear black.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Arlo Lyons Parker Education Fund. gf.me/u/w82aty
 
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