Favorite J. Harold Harrison Memories “When he walked in a room, that was a favorite story,” says Barbara Sims, a state representative and member of the MCG Foundation Board of Directors. Sims and her husband, Fred, were great friends with Harrison and his wife, Sue. “He just kind of permeated the room.” At the Sims’ beach house at Isle of Palms, S.C., the two couples would gather with several other couples for long weekends. More frequently, they gathered at the nearby family-owned fish camp, McKinney’s Pond. At the beach, the men would stay in while the women shopped. Conversation was robust and fun. “How can I explain the laughter and fun that I think about when I think of him?” Sims muses.
“I think at the same time about strength and commitment.” She also always thinks of Sue, the woman Harrison married later in life. “They were a team,” Sims says of her friends. “If you asked him a question and wanted the real answer, you got it,” Sims adds. That includes the difficult conversations between Harrison and Sims’ beloved husband when Fred’s health began to decline. The man they called “Doc” was starting to have some of his own health issues, so they would also commiserate a little. Four years ago, Sims would lose her husband of nearly 50 years while they were alone at the beach house they loved and shared so often with friends. June 2012, she lost another of her gentle rocks.
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