content: Thank you. He was 28, had just started back in college after spending his early twenties touring and building the scene here. He had a brain aneurysm that was so traumatic he was pretty much instantly gone. He was kept on life support for a few days and donated his organs. He was funny, always had a kind word, and the biggest supporter of anyone who even slightly tried playing music. I don't even know how many guitars he gave away when someone wanted to learn. His family are really nice but conservative southern people. They were shocked at the outpouring of love for him, and we were all amazed and humbled how graceful they were to letting a bunch of punks and metalheads. This memorial was beautiful and Ryan would have loved it.