<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Oh my Goodness,<div><br></div><div>I am very sorry to hear about the death of Bill Outman. He was a good friend to so many people in our Affiliate. Bill worked hard in order to remain independent. He is going to be missed. Praying for his family and friends. Bill loved the Lord Jesus. He participated in our Blind Christians Group, and was looking forward to being an active member of our Deaf Blind Division. </div><div><br></div><div>Blessings,</div><div>Marilyn Baldwin </div><div>Central Florida Chapter </div><div>NFBF <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 9, 2025, at 7:26\u202fPM, Brian Norton via NFBF-L <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Our wonderful friend William \u201cBILL \u201cHall Outman died this afternoon on Friday May 9 2025 in Halifax Medical and Health Center Daytona Beach of residual physical effects from a stroke this past week.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When Bill was taken off life supports, Bill\u2019s brother Wayne and sister Lora, his friend and stepfather Brian Norton, numerous Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins were present in his hospital room praying with his Pastor
David Troxler of First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ Daytona.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bill was 60 years old, and has been an actively involved member of the National Federation of the Blind of Florida for the past 30 years.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bill had been an amazing Secretary for his NFBF Greater Daytona Beach Chapter for numerous years, and his interesting and detailed minutes were often better than the collective memories of those participants
attending. Bill was a unique and talented writer and a perfectionist on the savant autism scale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bill had a love of baseball, and could recite from memory the baseball players names and statistics for baseball history going back during the last 100 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bill was extremely well informed about politics and legislation, and was an active member of the NFBF legislative committee, and the Florida Democrat Disability caucus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bill was a graduate of the St. Augustine Florida School for the Blind, and a schoolmate of Peggy Fleischer. Bill has been a client and student for the past several years at the Conklin Davis Center for the
Visually Impaired, and a ceremony at the Conklin Davis Center will be held for Bill Outman on Tuesday May 13, 2025 at 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We will send out a Flyer describing this event for Bill in a subsequent notice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please keep Bill and his family in your prayers,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Brian Edward Norton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Florida Bar #1033481<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">National Federation of the Blind of Florida NFBF<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NFBF Greater Daytona Beach President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Conklin Davis Center for the visually Impaired Vice Chairman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ponce Inlet and Conklin Davis Lions Clubs member<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:briannorton.flalaw@gmail.com">briannorton.flalaw@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">386.871.3359<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">\u201cKindness is an Attitude the Blind can See<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">and the Deaf can Hear\u201d- Mark Twain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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