Steven Dudley Musselwhite

Steven Dudley Musselwhite died on January 22, 2009. He was 54 years old.

Born in Louisville, KY to Rora Tanner, Jr., and the former Beulah Bailey Griswold on April 19, 1954, Mr. Musselwhite was preceded in death by his parents.

Steve spent his early childhood years up in Elmhurst, IL. At age 8, his family moved to Cleveland, TN, where he graduated from Cleveland Day School in 1972, going on to earn a degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1976.

In 1978, Steve moved to Denver, CO, to take a job with defense contractor Martin Marietta, working on several military programs, including the development of software for automated test and launch of the Titan launch vehicles.

Steve then joined XEL Communications, Inc, a telecom start-up company which designed and manufactured products for the telephone industry. He served in several management positions including manufacturing engineering manager and production manager. The company was named one of Americas Top 10 Plants by Industry Week magazine in 1992 and was sold in 1995.

Steve then founded, and served as president of, Maxtel Communications, Inc., which provided technical hardware and software services to several large clients, including Echostar Communications Corp. He went on from there to develop software that was in the patent process at the time of his death.

Most recently, Steve headed up Technology Design and Implementation for Scenario d, a Denver-based technology oriented sales and marketing company.

He is survived by his three brothers John, David, and Jim; their wives Donna, Mary Gardner, and Renee; nephews Kevin, Jimmy, and Bailey; niece Stephanie; and great nephew Ryan.

Donations can be made to the charity of your choice in Steves name.