Roger Morrison

The following Post about Roger Morrison was written by his friend and long time league member, David Boyd.

I’ve been processing for the last 24 hours the passing of one of my closest friends, a 47 year lifetime companionship.  We always managed, through ups and downs, and occasional periods of distance, which are part of enduring friendships, to come back together, rather than give up on each other.  I would think at times, “I can’t just let go of a friendship, of whatever the current length of time was, 20, 35 or 40 years, they’re too hard to come by”.  We had been in regular contact for the last 8 months, commiserating about Covid 19, sharing updates continuously.  However that wasn’t the cause of his death.  He had let me know three days ago that he finally got tested, and was relieved to be negative for the virus.  What I know so far, is that his roommates had gone to check on him, after not having been out of his room, for an unusual length of time, and found him dead.  I’ve been blessed to have many, many friends and acquaintances, but other than family, I’ve never lost a friend of such a length of time.

We travelled well together, and enjoyed frequent day excursions.  We were always willing to compromise and do side tracks to accommodate something one or the other was interested in.  We shared many similar pleasures, and it was always like having four eyes when we were “out and about”.  We often faced each other over breakfasts at the French Quarter, and we would alert each other when some approaching “eye candy” was coming from behind the other.

I’m quite sure, for some time, there are going to be situations arise, where my instinct is going to be, “I’ve gotta’ call Roger about this”.

I’m gonna’ miss you, Roger
-David Boyd