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(Courtesy photos). New Smyrna Beach resident Dean Carr, as shown in this photo at a family outing, is staving off an almost-certain death from an aggressive brain tumor. A fundraiser dinner was held in his honor last month by Clancy's Cantina, That's Amore and and Mon DeLice restaurants at the Coronado Civic Center on the beachside, which raised $10,000 for his care. With him in this photo are from left to right, daughters, Christi Carr, 27, and Katie Carr, 24; wife, Denise Carr, and daughter, Deana Carr, 19.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Christi Carr makes no bones about what today's Christian holiday means to her and her family: "Our father being alive is our Christmas."
Asked on Christmas Eve what she most wanted today, the 27-year-old eldest of three daughters to Dean Carr responded: "I already have it. My Dad! He's the best present I could ever want."
Today is a day of love, remembrance and thankfulness for the New Smyrna Beach family, knowing full well this may very well be 50-year-old Dean Carr's final Christmas. With him on this Christmas are his wife of 30 years, Denise; their three daughters, Christi, Katie, 24; and Deanna, 19, and his parents from Georgia, James and Betty.