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CEDAR CITY — A newly installed plaque urging people to check "yes" in support of organ donation was unveiled on Dec. 1, honoring the memory of Grady Shakespear, who died three years ago when he was just over 9 months old.
"It means a lot to us to have our little boy in here, on this plaque," said Grady's father Travis Shakespear during his brief remarks shortly before the sign was uncovered inside the Utah Driver License Division's office in Cedar City.
"It means a lot to educate the people," he added. "Organ donation impacts not only just the recipient themselves, but it could go as far as impacting generations."
The ceremony, which was attended by more than two dozen family members and friends, came on the eve of the third anniversary of Grady's death from bacterial meningitis on Dec. 2, 2020.
