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Shawna M Morrison
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Name: Army Sgt. Shawna M. Morrison
Age: 26
From: Champaign, Ill.
Assigned to the 1544th Transportation Company, Illinois Army National Guard, Paris, Ill.
Incident: Army Sgt. Shawna M. Morrison was killed Sept. 5 during a mortar attack in Baghdad.
Died: September 05, 2004
First female Illinois Guard member killed in Iraq eulogized
Associated Press
Age: 26
From: Champaign, Ill.
Assigned to the 1544th Transportation Company, Illinois Army National Guard, Paris, Ill.
Incident: Army Sgt. Shawna M. Morrison was killed Sept. 5 during a mortar attack in Baghdad.
Died: September 05, 2004
First female Illinois Guard member killed in Iraq eulogized
Associated Press
PARIS, Ill. — School children lined the streets and bagpipes played Tuesday as the community paid its final respects to Sgt. Shawna Morrison, the first female member of the Illinois National Guard to die in combat in Iraq.
Morrison, 26, and another member of the 1544th Transportation Company, Spc. Charles Lamb, 23, were killed Sept. 5 in a mortar attack on their base near Baghdad. Fifteen other soldiers from the Paris-based unit were injured.
“Regardless of politics or opinions about war, today we stand in the presence of honor, duty, love and sacrifice,” the Rev. Kevin Huddleston told mourners in the east-central Illinois town of...
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the 1544th Transportation Company, Illinois Army National Guard, Paris, Ill.
Incident
Army Sgt. Shawna M. Morrison was killed Sept. 5 during a mortar attack in Baghdad.
Prayers & Messages
Shawna M Morrison
2012-07-03
Gone but never forgotten!! Happy Birthday Shawna
Shawna M Morrison
2011-08-28
To the living I am gone
To the sorrowful I will never return
To the angry I was cheated
But to the happy I am at peace
And to the faithful I have never left
I can not speak but I can listen
I can not be seen but I can be heard
So as you stand upon the shore
Gazing at the beautiful sea
Remember me
As you look in awe at a mighty forest
And its grand majesty
Remember me
Remember me in your heart
In your thoughts
And your memories of the times we loved
The times we cried
The battle I fought
And the times we laughed
For if you always think of me
I will have never gone.
Shawna M Morrison
2011-08-08
Shawna had such a beautiful personality and lit up the room wherever she was. I am truly blessed to have called her my friend.
Shawna M Morrison
2011-05-07
Shawna You inthe arms of "THE GREAT COMMANDER" who was fighting alongside you !
There are no more words ...I Salute you from my heart! Captain Len Nicholas
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
They say that hearts don't really break. Dear GOD that isn't true. The day you took Shawna away, our hearts just broke in two.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Remember me when the flowers bloom early in the Spring. Remember me on the sunny days in the fun that Summer brings. Remember me in the Fall as you walk through the leaves of gold. And in the Wintertime remember me in the stories that are told. But most of all remember each day- right from the start. I will be forever near for I live within your heart.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
My Most Beloved Family, Please remember the good times we had. When you do, you won't be so sad. I am always with you and never far away. I'm in every thought you have every single day. I know your tears will still fall, you do miss we after all. I am happy and I am so free. I am with Jesus where I need to be.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Each life is a miracle that changes the world and leaves it a bettter place than before.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Grief never ends, but it changes. It's a passage, not a place to stay. The sense of loss must give away if we're to value the life that was lived. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor lack of faith, it is the price of love.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
It matters not how long a star shines what is remembered is the brightness of the light.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Our dreams are sure going to miss her.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Tears are the silent language of grief.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Our love for you is a journey starting at forever and ending at never.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Heaven cries it's saddest tears when a young person leaves this world.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
In every tear...there is a river of sorrow and memory. In every tear....there are oceans of love and loss.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
What can I say we have so many memories...so many things to look back on. I learned so much from you, I gained so much. I loved the way you made me laugh, I hated the way you made me cry, but what I hated most of of all is when we had to say good-bye.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
I can dream. There's no fairy godmother to make my wish come true. No genie in a bottle to bring me to you. No prayer on a fallen star. No magic potion in a jar. But I can dream and when I do, I dream that I'm there with you.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
I am sorry for your loss. Shawna is a beautiful Angel. They come into our lives for just a short time and leave us with footprints on our hearts that are deep and lasting. They love us with a love that is sent from GOD and teach us what true, unconditional and pure love is. May the days be short until you meet your Angel again.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
A daily thought, a silent tear, a constant wish that you were still here.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Not ever gone just moved on.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
My Most Beloved Family and Friends, Think of me and know I am with you, think of me and smile.
Think of me and knowing that our parting is only for awhile.
On the days that you feel so desperate to see my smiling face, just belive in your heart I am with you and that I am in a beautiful place.
So think of me and remember all of the memories in your heart, and believe and know that it is true, we are never really apart.~~Love forever Shawna
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Happiness keeps you sweet, trials keep you strong, sorrows keep you human, failures keep you humble, success keeps you glowing, but only GOD keeps you going.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Love will give you wings.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Memories keep those we love close forever.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Gone from our sight, but never our hearts.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Shawna was a true friend...for a friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
You may have thought I didn't see, or that I hadn't heard life lessons that you taught me, but I got every word.~~Perhaps you thought I missed it all, and that we'd grow apart, but Shawna, I picked up everything, it's written on my heart.~~Without you Shawna, I wouldn't be the person I am today; you built a strong foundation no one can take away. ~~
You were a wonderful and wise friend to so many of us. You will never be forgotten.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Red, White, & Blue without you. I miss you.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Every memory remains as the days pass quickly by. As I look upon my past my heart just wants to cry.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-17
Family Ties...In every sense of the word Shawna.
F riendship
A ffection
M emories
I mportance
L aughter
Y ou
Shawna M Morrison
2008-08-16
REST IN PEACE, may tge grace of God be with you and with your family. You wont be forgotten.
Shawna M Morrison
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.