THE BRIGHT SIDE Lenoir-Rhyne grad took her first trip on an airplane to save a life through bone marrow donation Billy Chapman Hickory Daily Record Jun 4, 2026 Jun 4, 2026 Updated 53 mins ago 0 Lenoir-Rhyne senior Grace McCranie traveled to Washington, D.C., to donate bone marrow to a cancer patient. 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