[Nfbv-announce] Chris Fountain's Obituary

[Fredric Schroeder]

Here is Christopher Fountain's obituary.


_http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pilotonline/obituary.aspx?n=chr
istopher-fo
untain&pid=152531387&fhid=14303_
(http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pilotonline/obituary.aspx?n=chr
istopher-fountain&pid=152531387&fhid=14303)

Christopher M.  Fountain VIRGINIA BEACH - Christopher Michael
"Ponce"
Fountain marched onto the field of heaven July 11, 2011.  Ponce
now drums for the
greatest drum major of all.  Born May 24, 1979, Ponce never let
life's
challenges  best him; he always yearned to live his life to the
fullest.  His
interests  included music, sports, comedy and scouting.  Ponce
earned scouting's
greatest  honor, Eagle Scout with two Palms and was a member of
the National
Eagle Scout  Association.  After high school, he marched with
Drum Corps
International.  Ponce  graduated from TCC with honors and was
currently
attending ODU working towards a  Bachelor of Arts in human
services.  He recently
attended the Virginia School for  the Blind and Visually Impaired
and was a
Virginia recipient of a National  Federation of the Blind
scholarship in 2011.
Ponce loved following sports, being  a big fan of the Detroit
Lions, Detroit
Tigers, Detroit Red Wings and the _University of Michigan_
(http://www.legacy.com/memorial-sites/university-of-michigan/?per
sonid=152531387&affiliateID=
2290)  Wolverines  Football.  His intelligence and wit was
notorious.  He
challenged all of us and  the rest of the world to get out of his
way and let
him achieve what he wanted  and knew he could achieve.  Ponce
will be greatly
missed by his loving parents,  Michael and Dora Fountain of
Virginia Beach;
his brother, Nathan and  sister-in-law Leslie; nephews, Tosh and
Parker and
niece, Kiley of Lexington,  Va.; his grandmother, Margaret of
Manistique,
Mich.; uncles, Ray, Sammie and  Danny, and Aunt Judy of
Farmington, N.M.;
Uncle Brian in Virginia Beach, Uncle  Jeff in Burbank, Calif.,
and Aunt Debby in
Manistique, Mich.  He also has a great  many cousins throughout
the United
States who will dearly miss him.  Visitation  will be Friday,
July 15, from 6
to 8 p.m.  at the Altmeyer Funeral Home,  Southside Chapel, 5792
Greenwich
Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462.  A femorial  service will be held
Sunday, July
17, at 3 p.m.  at Church of the Ascension, 4853  Princess Anne
Road, Virginia
Beach, VA 23462.  In lieu of flowers, memorial  donations can be
made to the
National Federation of the Blind (http:  //www.nfb.org) or
Children's
Hospital of The King's Daughters (_http://www.chkd.org/_
(http://www.chkd.org/)
).  Condolences may be expressed to  the family at
_www.altmeyer.com_
(http://www.altmeyer.com/) .