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for Malcolm Thrower
Renee Perry Parsons
November 25, 2022
Anne,
I am sorry for Your loss May He Rest In Peace. I believe that He is watching us from Heaven.
Renee Perry Parsons
Sister in Law.
George 3
November 25, 2021
I can't believe it has been 8 years. I miss our random phone chats about the civil war and current events. Emma got her permit and will be 16 next year. Evan will be 11. I lost my mom this year. Miss you Uncle Mac
Renee Perry Parsons
November 25, 2021
I believe that Mac is up in Heaven smiling down on us. I appreciate Mac taking me to the movies on Christmas Day. May He Rest In Peace.
Renee Parsons
November 25, 2020
Thank you Mac for taking me to the Movies on Christmas Day when your nieces and nephew were with their biological Father. This is a very special memory. I feel that you are smiling down from Heaven.
Your Sister in Law,
Renee Perry Parsons
George T
November 25, 2020
Well it's been 7 years since you left us. Emma is 14 now and Evan will be 10 next year. 2020 has been a tricky year. I think about you often and remember our talks about the Civil War and I shared the cat transport story again with Emma and she laughed so hard. Miss you Uncle Mac
Renee Parsons
November 25, 2019
I really miss Mac. He took me to the Movies with Anne on Christmas Day. He was a very special person.
Renee Perry Parsons
George T
November 24, 2015
As it gets close to Thanksgiving my thoughts are of you Uncle Mac. I told Renee the story of you transporting a cat down to SC and how it came out of the box and clawed into your leg...I laughed so hard I could barely tell the story. We miss you and would you believe Emma has just turned nine? Love ya Uncle Mac!
November 23, 2015
Malcolm, my friend, I will never forget your many kindnesses to me. Thank you. Though it's been nearly two years since you died, we still remember you.
George T
September 16, 2015
Hey Mac! Well, I graduated and it feels good to be done with school. Emma just started 3rd grade and Evan is now in Pre-K. Time sure flies.
September 11, 2015
Remembering you.
July 29, 2015
In memory.
June 28, 2015
I was rearranging some of my books and when I picked up "The Great Gatsby," I naturally thought of you. I know it was your favorite novel, as it is mine. You are remembered.
May 28, 2015
You are remembered and missed, Malcolm
Renee Parsons
May 22, 2015
Mac,
I prayed to you to deliver Angelic powers when Bill's pregnant daughter in law was in trouble. I am pleased to say that we have a new healthy grandchild named Sarah. Sarah and Mom are doing fine now. Thanks for the Angelic help.
Renee Perry Parsons
Sister in law
May 21, 2015
I will always remember you, Malcolm.
George Thrower
May 1, 2015
Happy Birthday Uncle Mac! I know I'm a day late but I am finishing up school and will graduate on May 15th!!! I wish you could be here for my ceremony but I am sure you will look in. Miss ya Mac!
April 29, 2015
A candle in memory on your birthday.
March 28, 2015
In memory of you, Malcolm.
February 27, 2015
You were extraordinary, a kind and supportive friend, and you will never be forgotten.
January 28, 2015
Malcolm, it is so very sad to lose such a good and close friend, but I am comforted by the thought that you did achieve so many of your dreams before your untimely death.
January 14, 2015
Malcolm, I had some pretty good barbeque the other day, and it made me think of when some of us met for a camping trip at Cumberland Falls State Park. You brought barbeque from Statesville, and we devoured it. Best I ever had. Those were great times, and you are greatly missed.
Renee Parsons
January 2, 2015
Mac,
We sure mIssed you during Christmas time. I bet that you had a great time in Heaven.
Renee Perry Parsons
January 1, 2015
A new year and the memory of your rumbling laughter lives on.
Wanda H.
December 13, 2014
Malcolm, we often joked about how reading Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel" in our mid-teens warped us for life. Now, some of those phrases from the book come back to haunt me--"O Lost...."
W. H.
December 2, 2014
Malcolm, you were passionate about the written word and were deeply moved when you came across great writing. You read voraciously in all genres of literature,non-fiction, fiction and poetry. You read for ideas and information, but also because you simply enjoyed the beauty of the words. Your love of words made you a great writer yourself. When your writing was going really well, you said it had "lift." Indeed it did. Your writing and, most of all, you yourself are sorely missed.
November 30, 2014
Mac,
I believe that someday I will be flying with the Angels in Heaven with you. Save me a seat.
Renee Parsons
Sister in Law
November 28, 2014
Malcolm,
Remembering you with smiles and tears.
Hummingbird
November 27, 2014
In memory of a mournful Thanksgiving one year ago. You are missed.
G T
November 27, 2014
Well, tomorrow will be one year since you left this world. We will see Anne today and tomorrow and it will be hard to not hear your laughter or stories during today's Thanksgiving. I hope all is well wherever you are and that you are being thought of. Miss ya Uncle Mac!
W
November 17, 2014
Malcolm, you were a complex man, with many in-born gifts, but above all, you were a brilliant writer and a true Southern gentleman, the likes of which I doubt I will ever meet again.
G
October 29, 2014
Uncle Mac, Emma is soon to be 8 and I can still remember you driving all the way from Alabama to see her after she was born. She is growing up so fast and Evan as well. We have your picture with Anne in our living room and always make sure they know who you were. Why do I write in this guestbook? It is just a way to kind feel like I am sending you an email. I have saved a voicemail from you and several text messages that I do not think I will ever delete. Miss ya Mac.
October 28, 2014
You are remembered and missed, my friend.
September 28, 2014
In memory of you and your laughter on this day.
August 28, 2014
Malcolm, thinking of you today, I remembered some of your favorite music. You loved almost anything Bob Dylan wrote. You also really enjoyed Doc Watson, Levon Helm and The Band, and favored the Stones over the Beatles. You appreciated the performing genius of The King, long before it became fashionable to do so, and when you were still a tow-headed boy child, you played air guitar and pranced around to his songs.
Later, in your 20s, you were moved by the flat-out emotion of Eric Clapton's “Layla.” Willie Nelson's version of “Blue Skies” made the sun come out for you at a gloomy time in your life, but it was Van Morrison's “Listen to the Lion” that got you through. Van remained a favorite of yours for the rest of your life, especially “Brown-eyed Girl,” “Tupelo Honey,” “Queen of the Slipstream,” and, above all, the lovely and poignant “These Are the Days.” They were indeed.
George Thrower III
August 13, 2014
Sometimes the weirdest things will make you think of someone. I was eating Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts the other day and the vision of you pouring some in a bowl for me when i was a kid at Grandmaws. Miss you Uncle Mac
August 12, 2014
Malcolm, you marched to your own drummer, as you often said, but you did it with consummate grace and style. You are missed.
July 27, 2014
Somewhere in the Low Country the Confederate Jasmine is blooming, and you are remembered.
W.
July 13, 2014
Among your many literary talents was your amazing ability to remember and use quotations. I always admired that.
June 28, 2014
Remembering you today and always.
June 16, 2014
Your mother said about your father that there'd never be another like him. That's equally true of you, Malcolm.
George T
May 29, 2014
Well Uncle Mac, I just turned 43 the other day and really missed your usual comments of my membership to the AARP or Viagra prescriptions.
Brownie
May 28, 2014
Missing you, Malcolm.
Wanda Hamilton
May 10, 2014
Malcolm, your smiling face, your gracious presence are sorely missed.
W. Hamilton
May 6, 2014
I heard Van Morrison on the radio today and thought of you. I know he was always a favorite of yours.
Renee Parsons
April 30, 2014
Happy Birthday Mac. I believe that you are looking down from heaven.
W.L.H.
April 30, 2014
The dogwoods are blooming in remembrance for your birthday.
George Thrower III
April 29, 2014
I know I am a day early Uncle Mac but Happy Birthday! I think of you often, especially when I am watching a Civil War documentary. You were my only Uncle but I do not think I could have asked for a better one. Love ya Uncle Mac and miss you.
Brownie
April 28, 2014
In just two days you would have been 61, and there should have been years ahead of you. That is a tragic loss. The only consolation is that you lived flat-out and knew true joy before your untimely end.
W.
April 5, 2014
Malcolm, you are missed and you always will be.
W. L. Hamilton
March 28, 2014
In the weeks before you departed the known world you wrote, “I think the gods actually play with us sometimes. They let the stars fall on us, and as we're staggering around, trying to figure out what happened, they tease us and tantalize us with little glimpses of the unseen world.”
I hope you are there in that unseen world discovering all the wonders that we earthbound creatures only glimpse obliquely from time to time.
Though you were not conventionally religious, you knew beyond doubt there is so much more to life and the universe than we can begin to perceive with our imperfect senses, and there truly are little miracles that happen all around us every day if we watch and listen very closely.
March 10, 2014
Malcolm, you were the measure of what a man should be, and I am grateful to have known you.
February 28, 2014
You are missed.
WLH
February 23, 2014
You always knew that writing was your particular gift, and you wanted to put it to use. “I want people to read what I write and be affected by it,” you said back when you were just beginning in journalism. You accomplished that lofty goal. People were affected by it--all sorts of people, including me. You and your particular gift did make a difference, and you will be remembered.
February 14, 2014
A rose for remembrance.
Wanda
February 7, 2014
The perfectionistic writer/editor in you would chastise me for my careless proofreading. Let me then make amends by correcting my copy below to read “helped make” rather than “helped made.” With apologies, old friend.
Wanda Hamilton
February 6, 2014
The moss-draped live oaks and salt-water estuaries of the Low Country were where you felt most at home. You were a true son of the South in all the noblest senses of that phrase. You loved and respected tradition, but were not blinded by it. You lived by such ideals as honor, bravery, gentlemanly conduct and compassion for the underdog. And like Thomas Jefferson, another fine son of the South, you believed in following truth wherever it led, a trait that helped made you a great journalist as well as a scholar.
Renee Parsons
January 29, 2014
There are many wonderful memories of you. You always made sure that I was not alone on Chistmas when my children were at their Dad's house. Thanks Mac. Your sister-in-law. Renee Perry Parsons.
January 28, 2014
It has been two months since you left this world, but fond memories of you linger on.
January 21, 2014
You were a journalist with the mind of a scholar and the heart of a poet--a fine and rare combination. I remember that your very first publication in a newspaper was, in fact, a poem in the Charlotte Observer in 1977.
WLH
January 10, 2014
You always wanted to write something as transcendent as the closing of "Gatsby," your most beloved novel. I believe you have, though perhaps not as a reporter or editorial writer.
January 6, 2014
Malcolm, you had so many outstanding qualities--your great intellect, your kindness, your sense of honor, your passion for life. But above all you were a great writer, and the tragedy of your untimely death is that your greatest work was still ahead of you.
December 31, 2013
You will never be forgotten.
December 24, 2013
Good night,sweet prince, and may flights of angels wing thee to thy rest.
December 20, 2013
There is nothing left remarkable beneath the visiting moon.
W. H. Quinn
December 15, 2013
Wild roses, dogwood blossoms, Confederate jasmine, and the lowly Asphodel to commemorate your life and your passing. The palm goes always to the light.
Dennis Quinn
December 11, 2013
"There is death only when the heart is not beating harder when the sun is going down."
Malcolm Thrower
"I want my writing to be as rich as the earth and as quiet and simple as the stars--like a black gospel singer's voice. . . ."
Malcolm Thrower
Earl Hamilton
December 11, 2013
So we beat on, boats against the current....You were one of the great ones.
Anne and Mat at wedding in Motgomery, AL, 2009
December 5, 2013
Bill Parsons
December 4, 2013
Live happy in the ever after.
Brian Caines
December 3, 2013
Rest in peace Uncle Mac. You were a very kind and intelligent person and just a pleasure to be around. A model for us all.
Renee Parsons
December 3, 2013
Thank you Mac for taking two of my kids to the Clemson football game. They both ended up with degrees from Clemson. Thank you for many wonderful Thankgivings and Christmases. I know that you are smiling down from Heaven.
W. H. Quinn
December 3, 2013
Old friend, you, Dennis, and Jim are all gone now from that little group of six in Bowling Green. The three of us who remain all mourn your passing. Gone is the light from the sparkling river.
Angie Kinsey
December 3, 2013
Anne, my heart is breaking for you. Mac was a wonderful man, who could always make me laugh with his Southern stories. I will talk to you soon.
JD Crowe
December 2, 2013
Mac was a pleasure to work with. When he was in Mobile, we knew him to be a fine and smart man, a class act. I always enjoyed his hearty chuckle. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Anne.
Jane Nicholes
December 2, 2013
It was an honor to have worked with Mac in Mobile. He was a classic Southern gentleman. Anne, we are thinking of you.
Frances Coleman
December 2, 2013
Mac was such a fine fellow! And a pleasure to work with. We shared many laughs and good times when he worked at the newspaper in Mobile. I'm so sorry he's gone.
December 2, 2013
Anne, please know that your loss also stunned those of us at The Paducah Sun. It is so hard to believe.
Ron Clark
Jennifer Cooper
December 2, 2013
Ann, I just read this and I'm so sorry for your loss. I pray for God's comfort over your family, and I'm praying for you.
December 2, 2013
Rick Stansberger
December 1, 2013
As a roommate in grad school, I always admired Mac's integrity and clarity of thought. I miss him.
Bob and Joan Alston
December 1, 2013
Someone very special, we will remember and miss always.
December 1, 2013
Shenandoah
December 1, 2013
George Thrower III
December 1, 2013
Miss my Uncle dearly. Love ya Uncle Mac
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