Well, here we go again…
Word last week that Tommy Morrison‘s widow Trisha had announced a plan to cremate the former Kansas City boxer and have his ashes put in commemorative boxing glove necklaces for close friends and family to wear and carry was reportedly nixed by his mother and family.
Along with a planned farewell tour with the rest of Tommy’s ashes to Kansas City, Las Vegas and other proud points where Morrison’s career was to be celebrated.
But the family would have none of that, came the word. Morrison’s mother reportedly just wanted a quiet service with her son’s ashes in a small cemetery in Arkansas near Jay, Oklahoma where other Morrison family members are interred.
Simple, right?
Uh, not so fast…
Shortly after speaking briefly with Morrison’s wife Trisha and an email exchange late last week, I was contacted by a gentleman named Darren Barcomb.
“Greetings, Trisha gave me your information and asked me to reach out to you,” Barcomb’s email begins. “I handle the Press Releases and Public Relations for Duke and Trisha. Tommy’s last wishes were to be cremated with his ashes being placed into keepsake memory boxing glove necklaces. These special keepsakes will then be distributed to special people in his life so they will have a piece of him for the rest of their lives. Tommy did not want a funeral service or burial. His wishes will be carried out.
“Also, there will be celebrations of Tommy’s life in his old fight territories- Vegas, Tulsa, Atlantic City, Kansas City, and as far as the UK and Australia- and also at the Boxing Hall of Fame. These events will allow Tommy’s family, friends, and fans the opportunity to say goodbye and will celebrate his great life and accomplishments. This is how Tommy wanted it done.”
There you have it.
Ixnay on the quiet family burial, full speed ahead with the far more cosmic Tommy Morrison keepsake ashes and farewell tour.
A press release will soon be forthcoming, Barcomb says.
Stay tuned…
Awesome, it keeps getting better with every report just like Jardines, hearne.
Where do I order I order my Colorado(!) spliff and my pic with the boxing gloves around me neck?
OMG, you can’t make this sh-t up. The Dysfunctional Duke Tour. Coming to a city near you. The widow that makes money over a dead man’s ashes.
Darren Barcomb is the writer from MMADirt that released that “negative” picture of Tommy’s HIV test. Susan, he is the Scribe you said she would give the notes to. He says he’s finishing up a book on Tommy.
Now we are getting a better picture, not totally clear, but none the less, evil.
Those two, Trisha and Darren cooked this whole thing up. Tommy’s dying and they are putting together a plot on how to make money off him.
This is pure evil. No wonder Tommy’s friends and family were kept from him these last two years, they would have seen what was going on.
I dunno, Susan.
This all does sound zany enough to be something Tommy would want to do.
Why do I get the feeling that a shitload of recent Tommy-supporting posters are soon to be duped into purchasing a scoopful of ash from somebody’s bbq grill?
PB, you are so right. And the thing too is there is no way to authenticate those ashes unless you would be willing to trust that Trisha woman. At this point those ashes are not worth the locket to put them in. But most people have not actually seen human ash after cremation so who’d know the difference.