Elizabeth Laird has given out a lot of hugs to soldiers -- she figures about half a million -- as they depart for duty and come home. But now that she's in the hospital battling breast cancer, it's ...
An icon in Central Texas and across the U.S. military known as the "hug lady" died on Christmas Eve after a battle with cancer. Elizabeth Laird, 83, passed away on at Metroplex Hospital in Killeen, ...
It was an emotional moment for the family of Elizabeth Laird on Monday. That as when III Corps and Fort Hood leadership formally dedicated the room at the Staff Sgt. George Larkin Terminal at Robert ...
What better way to celebrate a dominant opening to group play at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London than with a hug from the first lady of the United States? After the final buzzer of their 98-71 win ...
Elizabeth Laird, Fort Hood’s Hug Lady, spent Thanksgiving surrounded by family, according to her son Rick Dewees. Dewees posted an update on Thanksgiving Day to the GoFundMe site he created to help ...