[BlueOnyx:08773] Re: A member of our community passes

[Andy Hill]

On 06/10/2011 22:57, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet wrote:
> Forgive me, this is not a technical posting.  I pass this information
> along because I have always considered this list as more than just a
> technical list-serv.  We are a community.
>
> This is late in coming, but I only learned today.  Darrell Mobley, a
> frequent contributor to the BlueOnyx (and BlueQuartz before it) list,
> has passed away.  Darrell's last post to this list was on August 4 and
> his death was just 5 days after on August 9, 2011.  He was 54 years old.
>
> Darrell has been a customer of ours since 2006 and was an ardent fan of
> the BlueOnyx platform and a vivid personality on this list.   As with
> many of you that I know as fellow BX users and/or customers, I have long
> considered Darrell a friend.
>
> I called Darrell to check in on him today after we had not heard from
> him regarding some alarms that his server was generating.  When his
> Apache failed to respond for 4 hours, we were escalated to investigate
> and restore as per our standing SLA with him.  That was the first time
> that we had stepped in without being asked, and that struck me as odd.
> Darrell's mother answered the phone and told me the news.
>
> Again, forgive me if the post is not of the usual content, but I felt it
> was worthy of mention here.
>
I am not a regular contributor to this list, but I am a regular reader.

I am so sorry to hear this.

Does anyone know what the cause was? I don't wish this to sound like 
some sort of morbid curiosity.
I suffered a stroke last year at the age of 46, so I know how fragile 
life can be.

I just wonder how one so young is taken from us.

My thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time.

Andy
http://andyhill242.blogspot.com