Joan Martin died in October of 1998 after being treated at Beebe’s Tunnell Cancer Center. Jim initially rebuffed the idea of a tournament to honor Joan’s name. But Jim changed his mind and never has regretted founding the tournament with the help of those friends and neighbors.
When neighbor Jean James died in the summer of 1999, Jeanne Andrews, Mardee Corbett, Tillie McHugh, and Jim were joined by Beth Mangus and Donna Brockstedt, who was Jean’s daughter.
The Jean & Joan Cancer Fund was born shortly after and they choose Tunnell Cancer Center for how the staff and physicians treat everyone who walk in the doors.
The fund has been able to assist with mobile workstations for nurses, infusion chairs, the beauty shop, and meditation garden. The committee has also purchased two buses, a car, and two SUVs to make transportation part of the focus of the center.
Registration Information: Jean and Joan Registration Information