Elizabeth Laird The Hug Lady Passes Away (Ft Hood, Texas)

KCEN TV Waco, TX ^ | Dec 24, 2015 5:13 PM CST | Staff

[Ready4Freddy]

COPPERAS COVE – Elizabeth Laird ‘The Hug Lady’ passed away Thursday at Metroplex Hospital.

Laird made it her mission to hug every single soldier as they boarded planes to deploy and waited with a hug when they returned to welcome them home.

She was 83 years-old.

Services are pending with Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home of Copperas Cove.

[Ready4Freddy]

Well known in Central Texas, more info linked in story but here's the direct link:

Fort Hood 'Hug Lady' Hospitalized; Out of ICU

[Ready4Freddy]

Rest in Peace, wonderful lady.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[crusty old prospector]

RIP.

[Squantos]

Hope there is a massive show of respect for this lady.... god bless her.

[Fiddlstix]

R.I.P

[Ready4Freddy]

I would think there will be a good turnout from Ft Hood.

[Cicero]

God bless her.

[PGalt]

Condolences to family, friends and all who were ever hugged by Elizabeth Laird.

love

[high info voter]

A life that certainly “mattered.”

[TXBlair]

What a wonderful lady she was. I saw a news piece on her yesterday and she looked noticeably worse than she did in the pieces from the hospital a just few weeks ago (very frail and tiny). I’m very sorry for her son, but I’m so glad he has gotten to see just how beloved his mother was.

God bless you, Mrs. Laird. Thank you for all you’ve done for Ft. Hood, central Texas and the many, many who’ve passed through our community.

[erkelly]

I hate being hugged by strangers. And it happens so much, these days. What nerve!

[rfreedom4u]

I got a few hugs from this awesome lady. She did wonders for morale and will be missed.

[BerryDingle]

Oh.

[drop 50 and fire for effect]

RIP ma’am. I deployed twice out of Hood, two outbound hugs and two inbound hugs. This is sad news.

[PLMerite]

If anyone “paid it forward” she did.

RIP Good Lady.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thank you Ready4Freddy!
Canteen Ping to salute a great lady!
May she rest in peace!

[Ready4Freddy]

Yw, MS.BEHAVIN, I added her to tonight’s Canteen thread.

[Ready4Freddy]

Thank you, drop 50 and fire for effect, and rfreedom4u

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thanks very much for doing that!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!