Kapali Giridhar Swamy

[gabaldon]

Kapali G. Swamy, 27, of Decatur died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007. He was born in Natchez, Miss., and grew up in Decatur. He graduated from Austin High School and Birmingham-Southern College, then completed a master of business administration from The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Comments

[franklin_arthur]

I found out from John Christopher yesterday. Freaking crazy.

[gabaldon]

Yeah, Biggie called yesterday to let me know. Freaking crazy is right.

HOW

[franklin_arthur]

Somone please tell me what happened. I got an eamil from a old friend and he just said fist fight? How can that be? There has to be more or something. I haven't seen him in 10 yrs but people can change. He was so smart. Another great life not lived. I am so deeply affect. I pray God gives the family strenth, hope, and I hope some day they find peace....... What I horrible thing. What can we do to help the family. I am a 1998 grad of AUSTIN High. I want to Help, if possible.

Kimberly Murdough

Re: HOW

[gabaldon]

Here's all the information I have:

News Story:
http://www.cullmantimes.com/local/local_story_323205725.html

Guest Book:
http://obits.al.com/Huntsville/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=98294806

[jessi_belle]

Say what? What happened?

[gabaldon]

News Story:
http://www.cullmantimes.com/local/local_story_323205725.html

Guest Book:
http://obits.al.com/Huntsville/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=98294806

its horrible.

[imagine12]

I heard the news from Sarah on Monday (who heard from Mikel, I think) and later heard from Scott when he bumped into us Wednesday night. I still haven't heard anything more about what happened or if the family has asked us to make donations somewhere specifically in his memory. Do you/does anyone know what happened or if there is anything that we can do?

Re: its horrible.

[gabaldon]

News Story:
http://www.cullmantimes.com/local/local_story_323205725.html

Guest Book:
http://obits.al.com/Huntsville/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=98294806

I don't know about requests for donations, but let me know if you find out and I'll do the same.

[anonymous]

http://www.decaturdaily.com/stories/162.html
This is the what the decatur daily printed on Nov 20th.

http://www.legacy.com/DecaturDaily/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=98286397
This is a guest book for friends and family to post on.

Someone please find out where we can send money or flowers or something.

Kimberly

[gabaldon]

Oh whoops, sorry, just saw this right after I posted my reply.

an update

[anonymous]

None of you know me, but I have known Kapali and his family since we were 10 years old (17 years). I just wanted to clarify a couple of things just for you all to know so you can pass the word along. Kapali has always been a gregarious, charismatic individual who NEVER engaged in any sort of violence, which held true until the day he died. The newspaper articles are false. They are biased and untrue and have been editorialized to reflect small town thinking and to make a story more interesting. The truth is that Kapali NEVER touched the girl or guy. He was not a fighter. He was punched twice by Christopher Brett Pennington, which resulted in severe head trauma to the brain causing Kapali's untimely death. There have been no requests for any sort of donation to a charity. As you can imagine, the family and close friends are in deep mourning and grief. However, if I could ask of you, please clarify the story so people know what really happened and who Kapali really was. Thank you, Sumita

Donations

[anonymous]

In regards to questions of donations and such:

The Swamy family is in the process of creating a scholarship in Kapali's name at Birmingham Southern College. We will make further announcements as we work out the details and the scholarship fund has been created.

Thanks for the interest in this endeavor, and for the good wishes for the Swamy family.

Sincerely,
Ian Dorward
(brother-in-law)