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Honored guests of the Mercy Medical Staff Recognition Breakfast included the Sisters of Mercy pictured (from left standing) Donna Cooper, RSM, Carol Harbeck, RSM, and Deborah Kennedy, RSM; and (sitting) Margaret Durick, RSM, Aidan Donaldson, RSM, Marilyn Graf, RSM, and Lawrence Ortmann, RSM.

Staff members who attended Mercy’s recognition breakfast and were honored for twenty or longer years of service included: (Back Row from left) Sharon Reed, Deloris Barnes, Martha Grandison, Annissa Lutin, Katie Dubose, Victoria Mitchell (sitting) Carol Richardson, Donna Rothschild, Winifred Panzarella, and Vera Johnson; and (kneeling) Diane Wormsby.

Staff members who attended Mercy’s recognition breakfast and were honored for sixteen years of service included from left Elizabeth Rawls, Clara Lucille Jones, and Thelma Fuqua.

Staff members who attended Mercy’s recognition breakfast and were honored for twelve years of service included Sally Conlee, and Patrick Bolton.

Staff members who attended Mercy’s recognition breakfast and were honored for eight years of service included (back row from left) John Wood, Aurelia Doss, Denise Hastings, Denise Keyser, Joan Hoffman, and Susan Brown; and (sitting) Eric Glass, Joyce Taylor, Donna Wilhelm, and David White-Spunner.

Staff members who attended Mercy’s recognition breakfast and were honored for four years of service included (standing from left) Buddy Rasberry, Necie Borroni, Shunton Portis, Amanda Manning, Patricia Broadnax, Patricia Jacobs, Cecile Godfrey, Diane Lancaster; (sitting) Clara Williams, Mary Cannon, Mendi Niblett, Sandra Paden; and (kneeling) Onree Wilson and Cecilia Mace.

Mercy Medical honored more than 60 staff members at its annual Staff Recognition Breakfast in October at its rehabilitation hospital in Daphne. Staff members were honored for their four-, eight-, 12-, 16-, and 20-year or longer milestone of service. Jake Bell, president/CEO, and Sister Marilyn Graf, RSM, vice president of mission integration, presided over the festivities and presented gifts of appreciation to each staff member. Honored guests included Mercy Board of Trustees and the Sisters of Mercy. Kelly Urban, nursing home administrator of Mercy Medical’s skilled nursing facility in Daphne and Sr. Donna Cooper, RSM and Mercy chaplain, opened the breakfast with a welcome and prayer. Kathryn Parks, vice president of operations, recognized each employee with a tribute written by their supervisor.

Staff members celebrating twenty years or more of service included Cheryl Brown, Willean Bush, Gladys Galloway, Victoria Mitchell, Joan Royal, Deloris Barnes, Katie Dubose, Martha Grandison, Deborrah Hadden, Frances Hunter, Vera Johnson, Annissa Lutin, Shirley Nettles, Winifred Panzarella, Sharon Reed, Carol Richardson, Donna Rothschild, Perena Sanders, Geraldine Towner and Diane Wormsby.

Staff members celebrating sixteen years of employment at Mercy Medical included Jacqueline Esters, Thelma Fuqua, Clara Jones, Mary Pettway, Elizabeth Rawls, and Julia Watson.

Staff members celebrating twelve years of employment at Mercy Medical included Patrick Bolton, Sally Conlee, Lynette Smith, and Sandra Tomlin.

Recognized for eight years of service were Christine Blanco, Susan Brown, Paul Dale, Aurelia Doss, Eric Glass, Denise Hastings, Joan Hoffman, Denise Keyser, Joyce Taylor, David White-Spunner, Donna Wilhelm, and John Wood.

Honored for four years of service to Mercy Medical were Necie Borroni, Patricia Broadnax, Mary Cannon, Rosa Clements, Donna Freeman, Cecile Godfrey, Lisa Griggs, Denise Jackson, Pat Jacobs, Tori Kyles, Diane Lancaster, Cecilia Mace, Amanda Manning, Barbara Miller, Melinda Niblett, Elaine Nobles, Sandra Paden, Shunton Portis, Buddy Rasberry, Elisa Smith, Clara Williams, Rose Williams, Onree Wilson, and Dale Woodham.

First established in 1949 by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Medical, then Villa Mercy in Daphne, began as a convalescent home with the mission of continuing the healing ministry of Jesus by providing excellent and compassionate, holistic healthcare. Still faith-based and mission driven, Mercy Medical is today a healthcare continuum that provides services in acute rehabilitation, skilled nursing care, long-term care, home health, hospice, assisted living, independent living and memory care.

For more information on Mercy Medical, call 251-621-4200 or visit mercymedical.com.