Tribute to Mark Estill 1:00PM December 28 at Piedmont Biofuels
It is with great sadness that we announce Mark Estill’s death.
Mark was a huge supporter of this community and will be missed by many. We will celebrate his life on December 28th @ 1:00pm at the biodiesel plant at 220 Lorax Lane in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
Gary Phillips will conduct a short ceremony. People can have some time to speak and then as Mark would have it, we’ll start the music, eat and drink and be merry!
From the New York Times December 21, 2008:
ESTILL–Mark. On Tuesday, December 16th, 2008, the world lost an incredible man in Mark Thomas Estill, 54. His new rock star wife, Beth, held his hand and his gaze in his house in Moncure, North Carolina as he passed away. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer four weeks prior. Mark, of course, never smoked. His brothers Jim, Glen and Lyle are planning the next “Brothers Weekend” (a concept which Mark had created), in his honor. His mother Ann and his father Don joined us all, and they miss him very much. It comes as no surprise to the legions of nieces and nephews he loved and brought to multiple hockey games that the Hurricanes beat the Canadiens later that evening, and no doubt Mark would see that as “Beautiful”. The family is having a private affair, but we cordially invite the community to paint the town Hurricane Red on December 28th at Mark’s biodiesel plant on the edge of town. Mark hated flowers, and the
family would appreciate those so inclined to donate in his name to Girls Rock North Carolina, a foundation whose goal is to empower young women through music (www.girlsrocknc.org) and the Abundance Foundation, which is focused on local food, renewable energy, and community (theabundancefoundation. org).
Published in the New York Times on 12/21/2008
