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dB South GM Tracy Hillesheim Dies at 40
Familiar face and voice passes away from lung cancer.
Tracy Hillesheim of dB South passed away January 7, 2010.
Tracy Hillesheim, general manager at dB South Distributing, passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2010 from lung cancer. She was 40.
Hillesheim was a familiar face and pleasant voice to any vendor, rep and integrator who worked with dB South. She died just three weeks after her diagnosis of Stage 3 lung cancer.
Her brother, Bobby Bradley, is the president of dB South.
Hillesheim, who was born on Sept. 26, 1969 in Griffin, Ga., is survived by her husband, Fritz Hillesheim; daughter, Ciera Powell; son, Nicholas Hillesheim; stepson, Stephan “Bud” Hillesheim, and her new baby granddaughter, Zoey Brady. She also leaves her parents, brothers, a sister and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held last Sunday. CE Pro sends its deepest condolences to the Hillesheim and Bradley families and to the entire team at dB South.
Hillesheim was a familiar face and pleasant voice to any vendor, rep and integrator who worked with dB South. She died just three weeks after her diagnosis of Stage 3 lung cancer.
Her brother, Bobby Bradley, is the president of dB South.
Hillesheim, who was born on Sept. 26, 1969 in Griffin, Ga., is survived by her husband, Fritz Hillesheim; daughter, Ciera Powell; son, Nicholas Hillesheim; stepson, Stephan “Bud” Hillesheim, and her new baby granddaughter, Zoey Brady. She also leaves her parents, brothers, a sister and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held last Sunday. CE Pro sends its deepest condolences to the Hillesheim and Bradley families and to the entire team at dB South.
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Jason Knott, Editor, CE Pro
Jason has covered low-voltage electronics as an editor since 1990. He joined EH Publishing in 2000, and before that served as publisher and editor of Security Sales, a leading magazine for the security industry. He served as chairman of the Security Industry Association’s Education Committee from 2000-2004 and sat on the board of that association from 1998-2002. He is also a former board member of the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation. He is currently a member of the CEDIA Education Action Team for Electronic Systems Business. Jason graduated from the University of Southern California.
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Jason,
Her Love & Passion for this business & DB South was amazing !
I was truly honored to work with her for 10 Years & still continued doing business with her until her final days !
I Love You & Miss You My Friend !
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Just wanted to say thanks for your recognition of Tracy .She was loved greatly by everyone who knew her & loved the business she was in.
David Bradley {Brother of Tracy}