Tracy Armon being recognized as "Super Volunteer"

RobertE.Carr

September23,1928-November9, 2014

RobertEdward"Bob"Carr,86diedatBaileyFamilyCenterforCaringSunday,St.Augustine,FLNovember9th.BobwasborninTrenton,NJonSeptember23,1928toSadieAdamsonandAlbertCarr.HejoinedtheUSNavyatage17andservedhiscountryadmirablyfor32years.HeretiredasaSeniorChiefBoatswain MateatMayportNavalStation,Jacksonville,FL.BobservedinWorldWarII,Korea,waspartofthefleetsenttoCubaaspartoftheCubanMissileCrises,servedinVietNamwherehetrainedand servedasaPBRboatCaptainworkingalongsidetheNavySEALsandlaterservedasaTugBoatCaptaininthePacific.

WhenBobwas40hissquadronreceivedorderstoVietNamandto"trimup"Bobstarted

running.Atfirsthisroutinewasjustoncearoundtheblock,butitgrewfromthere.Bob'sloveofrunningspanned40+yearsandhecompletedhundredsofrunsandoftenusedthemastrainingforupcominghalforfullmarathons.Bobcompletedover100marathons(15wereBostonMarathonsalone).Bobaveragedbetween2,000and2,400milesayearbetweenruns,marathons,andtraining.BoblovedrunningwithapassionandwasamemberoftheJacksonvilleTrackClubandOrangeParkStridersClub.InconjunctionwiththeJTC,Bobfound himselfcoachingandworkingwith15-40runnersofallageseveryWednesdaynightatBollesSchoolwherehewasrespectfullyknownas"CoachCarr"or"Coach"for15years.BobwasalsoactiveinSt.Augustineandwasa"FoundingFather"oftheAncientCityRoadRunnersClub.BobhelpedorganizeandrancommunityrunssuchastheMatanzas,Gate RiverRunsandtheBridgeofLionsRuns.

Bobwasalsoparticularlyfondof"SpecialOlympics".Formanyyearshewasattheireventstohelpathleteswithspecialneedsachievetheirgoal.Bobinspiredrunnersyoungandold,wellbodiedandwithspecialneedssotheycouldcompeteandachievetheirpersonalgoals.Hetrulywasa"legend"tohisfellowrunners.

Bobissurvivedbyhiswifeof62yearsMaryH."Mike"Carr,St.Augustine,hissonRobert

E.Carr,Jr., daughterinlaw,IleneCarr,Orlando,andhisgrandson,ChadG.BurkeandwifeMaryGlennBurke,OrlandoandniecesandnephewPat,Linda,JamesandJoannDavidson.

On September 4th Frank Frazier made the news by completing his 100th gallon donation of blood. The picture here is of some of the people that were at The Blood Alliance that morning thanking him and taking care of him. They presented Frank with a cake, a certificate, a large umbrella and a very nice Visa gift card. Being the modest guy he is he told them "I no longer feel like an amateur, more like a paid professional".

Her name is Nancy Harms.

On (6/10/14) at the June Board of Directors meeting Tori Connell Conkle after 7+ years as our Graphic Designer is shown above accepting a plaque and gift card as a "thank you" for her many years of service. Tori will be leaving us and following her mom's footsteps and joining the Army as an officer.

Congratulations from your Florida Strider family and best of luck in the future!

Coach MacDougall was reconized for the fine work she has been doing for the Kids of North Florida - She's our hidden gem!

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By MARK WOODS, The Times-Union • 10/18/2008

After finishing another run last Sunday morning, Frank Frazier found Jenny Allen in the parking lot of Sun Tire on Blanding Boulevard and handed her a couple of pennies.

The pennies had been on the ground, somewhere on a route that loops behind the Orange Park Mall, goes through some neighborhoods near the river and returns to the parking lot. More