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Donna DeSilveySeptember 30, 1970-August 29, 2005 We regret to announce that Donna K. DeSilvey, ATC; a 1997 graduate of our athletic training education program was killed when Hurricane Katrina struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast on August 29th. Also lost were the lives of her mother Linda DeSilvey (age 57) and grandmother Nadine Gifford (age 79). As Hurricane Katrina was approaching the Gulf Coast, Donna was attending a memorial service in Ocean Springs for her paternal grandfather. The night before the hurricane struck, the DeSilvey family had decided to ride out the storm at the Ocean Spring home that weathered Hurricane Camille in 1969. No one knew the destructive forces Katrina would bring to the Gulf Coast region. Donna was born in Charleston South Carolina. She lived in Mississippi from April 1976 until she graduated from graduate school at The University of Southern Mississippi in 1999. Donna attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Gulfport, MS from 1988 to 1994. In 1992, she was diagnosed with a rare type of bone cancer, underwent treatment and was declared cured in 1997. In 1994, she entered the University of Southern Mississippi to obtain a Bachelor of Science, in Human Performance with an emphasis in Athletic Training, graduating in 1997. While at the University of Southern Mississippi, she was active in the USM Student Sports Medicine Club and enjoyed her clinical rotations at local high schools. Donna became a certified athletic trainer in May 1998. She went on to graduate studies at the University of Southern Mississippi, earning a Masters of Science in Sports Administration in 1999. Donna was a certified athletic trainer in Shreveport, LA and was owner and operator of D2K Fitness Solutions for Busy People. She is survived by her father, Doug DeSilvey of Ocean Springs, MS, who was the sole survivor when the home collasped in the storm.
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