Hi everyone, I've got some very sad news to report. Avid DDN member Steve Snow has passed away. I don't know any details apart from what has been posted on the AFCN website, which I've copied below. Steve joined DDN at the very beginning, way back in 1999, and was a leading voice for bridging the digital divide many years prior to that with his work at Charlotte's Web.. He will be sorely missed. Godspeed, Steve.... -ac
Stephen Hopkins Snow, formerly of Charlotte, NC and St. Petersburg, Fl. died suddenly on December 27th in Asheville, NC where he maintained a clinical practice in counseling. He was the loving father of Stephanie Snow Tursi, Mary Snow and Timothy Snow of Charlotte, NC and Katie Snow-Rackley of Cleveland Heights, Ohio and is survived by grandchildren: Amanda, Ella, Jonah, Benjamin, Ruthie, Samuel and Thomas Tursi and Eli and Sylvia Rackley and siblings Roger Snow of Boston, Ma., Susan Snow-Burnett of Norfolk, Va., and Deb Snow of Santa Cruz, Ca. He will also be mourned by his former wife Patt Snow, friend Ed Fierstos and fiancée Cynthia Yancey. Steve was a graduate of Northeast High School in St. Petersburg, Fl, and The University of South Florida at Tampa and received both a Masters and PhD degrees from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was a respected journalist of 28 years in Clearwater, Fl. and Charlotte, NC and the founder of Charlotte’s Web, a free provider of internet access to the community of Charlotte. Steve was known for his prowess as a woodworker and a blacksmith who loved to build furniture and refurbish tools and make them usable again. He was a dynamic personality who was involved in many other charities and organizations and touched many lives. Visitation and viewing will be at the Carolina Funeral and Cremation Center at 5505 Monroe Road in Charlotte on January 1st from 7 to 8:30 pm and the funeral service will be at the same location on January 2nd at 2pm. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be sent to the Western Carolina Chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Illness or the Buncombe County Public Health Foundation. Please specify for domestic violence/child advocacy. http://www.afcn.org/node/278 ------------------------ Andy Carvin andycarvin at yahoo com www.andycarvin.com www.pbs.org/learningnow ------------------------ _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.