Parking Management assistant manager
dies
Cindy
Garmon, assistant director, Office of Parking Management (OPM),
died Sept. 11 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. She worked
with Parking Management since November 1981, and rose through the ranks
from administrative assistant to deputy director. 
Cindy GarmonHer role in her 26-year career allowed her to work with a variety of university and medical center departments and special projects involving parking issues on campus. Dedicated, outgoing and affable, Garmon was known to have an open ear to anyone, whether it was to resolve a problem or listen to a co-worker.
In 2004, she was certified as an administrator of public parking by the International Parking Institute and the University of Virginia. A graduate of James Island High School, Garmon also attended Trident Technical College. She was a member of James Island Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school and was a member of the praise team.
Garmon was born in Charleston on June 10, 1952. She is the daughter of W. Carl Wiggins Jr., and Elizabeth Anne Winterbottom Wiggins. She is survived by two daughters, Virginia Leigh G. Morillo and Lauren G. Beckley, both of Charleston, and other family members.
Memorials may be made in her memory to James Island Baptist Church, 2023 Wappoo Drive, James Island, SC 29412.
Cindy Garmon will be missed by MUSC and Charleston area communities because of her dedication to her job relative to parking management functions. She was a true professional who constantly worked to ensure patient care parking issues were at the top of her agenda. Through her efforts and innovative ideas, she determinedly developed ways to improve service to visitors and employees of the medical center. Despite her personal health concerns, she always performed duties with a friendly smile.
—Paul Moss, MUSC Medical Center Security
I would like to express my sincere condolences for the loss of Cindy Garmon. Mrs. Garmon was very nice and accommodating to both my needs and the needs of the psychiatric hospital. I will never forget the kindness she gave to me. I am among the many people who had their lives touched and enriched by her. I will miss her and remember her fondly.
—Howard M. Helmly, IOP Office of Facilities Coordination
I wanted to extend my sympathy to you and your staff for the loss of Cindy. I knew that she was sick this past spring, but did not realize the magnitude. I have worked with Cindy for several years and she was always a pleasure to work with.
—Cathy Wood, Department of Medicine
Cindy will truly be missed in the Office of Parking Management. She was a very caring individual who truly knew where your strengths were and encouraged you to pursue them.
—Barbara Bell, Office of Parking Management
Cindy Garmon was my supervisor and a very good one. I could go to her and talk about anything. Cindy was the one who encouraged me to take my position. I will truly miss her. Cindy was a giving and caring person. Even though I knew she was ill, I didn’t want to accept the fact that she was dying. I know now that Cindy is resting with My Lord and Savior. We don’t have to worry about her anymore. I will always have her in my heart. I loved you, Cindy, but you are in a better place now.
—Gerri Jones, Office of Parking Management
I was so sorry to learn of Cindy’s death. She was a wonderful, caring and spiritual person. She also served our university, our citizens and fellow employees with courtesy, professionalism and compassion.
—Anne Osborne Kilpatrick, DPA, College of Health Professions
I just wanted to let you know how sorry I am about Cindy. I know you are going miss her. She was certainly a tremendous asset, not only to Parking Management but to the university as a whole. She will be missed.
—Debbie Pinson, University Risk Management
A poem that was special to CIndy Gramon and was submitted to The Catalyst
To Those I Love
If I should ever leave you,
whom I love,
to go along the Silent Way
grieve not,
Nor speak of me with tears,
but laugh and talk
Of me as if I were
beside you there.
(I'd come--I'd come)
could I but find a way!
But would not tears and grief be barriers?)
And when you hear a song or see a bird I loved,
please do not let the thought of me be sad...
For I am loving you just as I always have.
You were so good to me!
There are so many things I wanted still to do--so many things to say to you.
Remember that I did not fear...It was just leaving you that was so hard to face.
We cannot see beyond .
But this I know, I loved you so--'twas heaven here with you!
--Isla Paschal Richardson
Friday, Sept. 21, 2007
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