Walter Frank Fountain

I remember Mr. Fountain from when I was very young. I thought that he was such a cool "old person". He was always very kind to me, despite me always clinging to him, asking questions and being a general nuisance. I was a blessing to know him. My sincere condolences to the family.

Prayers to the Fountain family. He was a good man and influenced many young men in SE Huntsville.

Although I was five years behind Walter, there were many great stories of him as an athlete. I remember Walter fondly and am sorry for the loss his family is experiencing.

What a great person has left us. He was a great colleague and a genuinely good person.

Many a morning drinking coffer with Walt and Jim in John Reynold's lab in SSL at NASA. He never met a stranger; had a story for everyone. Working with his son Glenn for years I believe if memory serves me right, I rode a few times in that van. Whew! Godspeed Walt.

A friend and fellow coach, always had that wonderful smile on his face win or not. You will be missed by all.

As we all know, Walt could make everyone in a room smile within minutes of walking in. His natural laidback ways always won people over, he never took himself too seriously, and much of his humor was at his own expense. We are glad we were a part of his life as a colleague, fellow Decaturite, coach, and most of all, friend. We remember an episode on a French canal trip we made with Walt and Fran, when he danced across a wildly rocking pier almost falling into the water. Another memory was...

Coach Fountain was truly one of the great dads of SE Huntsville. I will never forget playing Soccer for the Fury and traveling to Montgomery Alabama in the old passenger van to play in the State Championship. He will be missed. God speed Coach Fountain.

I remember spending many afternoons playing catch with Mr. Fountain in the backyard when I was a kid. "Charlie, go get your glove". What a great guy he was.