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| Blake Fought, May 22, 1987 - March 2, 2007 |
| Friday, March 02, 2007 |
Dear RUnderground readers, it's with deepest sympathy that I am informing you of the passing of Blake Fought. He died this morning around 3:00 AM at the Montgomery Regional Hospital. There's no way I can adequately express what an awesome person Blake was. Obviously he was an influential, well-known voice here at Radford University, and he touched many people in a positive way. I'm not going to attempt to write an online obituary at this point; frankly I don't think I could remember all the great accomplishments and activities he was part of. I will say, that man lived life to his very fullest. There's no doubt in my mind that God completed the perfect work he started in Blake, to the very end. If you need proof of this, take a look at the way his Facebook profile was left when he departed this earth.
http://radford.facebook.com/profile.php?id=31208321
I know many of you are very saddened by this news. I don't blame you. Honestly though, there's a whole lot to celebrate. He's hanging out with Jesus right now, his precious Lord and Savior, and he's happier now than he's ever been in his life. He can say he had no regrets about the way he left this world; he glorified Jesus in everything he did and was passionate about furthering His kingdom. You can't do better than that! Not to mentioned that he was loved by so many people and had many, many good friends and an awesome family. Blake will be missed, but those of us who know Jesus like he did will soon join him!
As RUnderground readers, I encourage you to take a few minutes and browse through the articles he's written (click the "Archives" link to the right). He was the guy started this site, and boy has it seen many, many good articles! I want to leave you with this article he wrote a while back that touched me deeply when I first read it, and has touched me even more now.
http://runderground.blogspot.com/2006/10/my-faith-in-humanity-make-difference.html
We ask that everyone be sensitive during this time, and PLEASE be praying for Blake's family and friends, and everyone touched by Him. |
posted by Justin Hawks @ 3/02/2007 11:20:00 AM  |
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Here's to a truly great guy.
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Spiritually, Blake and I have never seen eye to eye, but I always respected his views and admired his dedication to his faith. We've had several enjoyable disagreements (I hesitate to call them arguments) regarding faith on the message boards at Whim. I'll miss his enthusiasm for his beliefs, his genuine love for mankind, and the intelligence that he demonstrated in everything he wrote. I hope I was wrong, Blake.
-Orvis
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I never really agreed with Blake about anything, and only had one direct correspondence with him--after his defense of Christ in the Religion in the Media debate last year, I sent him a message via Facebook to let him know that while I didn't agree with him at all, I still respected and admired his courage to stand up for what he felt was right. I feel for his family and friends; one of my best friends died this past summer and I know it's a devastating feeling.
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I just found out the news moments ago on a passing glance at TheTartan.com. I knew Blake from The Tartan and Whim but admittedly didn't know him well. I do know this, he was a decent guy who said exactly what he meant.
I clicked on his Blogger profile soon after. Under "About Me" he (or someone since) wrote: Blake Fought the good fight.
I would say that is pretty fitting.
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To readers,
I wanted to let you know how thankful we are for all the pouring in of support that we have gotten from everyone. There have literally been 100's of emails and cards,etc from people Blake has known either personally or from his writings on the internet. I cant tell you what it means to us as a family to know that so many people cared about my son. We are speechless from the support and from the huge number of people that attended his funeral. I could not believe it when I heard the head count was over 400. He was truly a wonderful son and a caring person and this earthly world has lost someone very special. I know he is in Heaven, but I miss him so much. He will be with us no matter where we go now and in that, my family takes comfort and we will look forward to the day when Blake meets us at the gates of Heaven. Take care all. God bless.
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Here's to a truly great guy.