Scott Matthew Powell Jan 11, 1970 - May 14,2014

[slimshady]

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CARY- Scott Matthew Powell, 44, of Cary passed away suddenly Wednesday, May 14, 2014.
He was born January 11, 1970 in Montgomery Co., PA, the son of Dr. James Orlis and Faye Stanley Powell. He married Renee Elaine Baer on October 24, 1998.
Surviving are his wife Renee Baer Powell; two sons, Casey James Powell and Riley Matthew Powell; his parents, Dr. James and Faye Powell, and one sister, Amanda Lee Zorovich.
Scott owned and operated Down Under Surf and Scuba in Raleigh.
He attended Colonial Baptist Church in Cary.
A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home in Cary. Another service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at Colbert Memorial Chapel in Tuscumbia, AL where he will be laid to rest in Colbert Memorial Gardens.
Online condolences may be sent to the family through www.brownwynnecary.com.
Memorials may be made in his name to Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital 822 Carolina Blvd. Topsail Beach, NC 28445.

[FW]

Very sorry to hear that.

[slimshady]

Scott Powell
IDC Staff Instructor/Technical Instructor
While earning his Bachelors Degree in Political Science at the University of Michigan in the early 1990s, Scott found time to become a certified diver. Upon relocating to Raleigh, North Carolina, he completed his Masters (also in Political Science) while working at a Down Under Surf & Scuba. But soon his passion for diving superseded his original career goals, as he progressed from a recreational diver to Divemaster and began to explore the underwater world.

In 2000, after managing Down Under for 2 years, Scott demoted himself to owner and became a dive instructor. The following decade proved a productive and busy one, as Scott quickly built upon experience to become an active technical instructor and cave diver, a manufacturer-approved service technician for multiple brands/types of dive gear, and worked as crew on offshore dive charters. Meanwhile, Down Under Surf & Scuba is approaching the 6500 certified divers mark and was recognized as amongst the top 10% of PADI dive centers in the US.

A PADI IDC Staff Instructor, Scott can teach almost all levels of PADI diving, including Tec Deep/Tec Range, Trimix, and Gas Blender. Still, Discover Scuba and Open Water remain amongst his favorite classes to teach. In particular, he is counting the days until his 6-year-old son (CJ) is old enough to join him underwater. While overseeing retail and training operations at Down Under, Scott has focused on training technical divers, with an eye on thoroughness and safety above all else. Recent dive expeditions have included trips to the Wilkes Barre, USS Oriskany, and Hydro-Atlantic. This summer he completed his first expedition to the USS Monitor. But his favorite destination? Definitely Bonaire (western hemisphere) and the Galapagos (Pacific).

[Sludge]

Was he on the CDF?