Storm causes power outage on Marco Island. Over 15,000 people on Marco Island were without power for more than seven hours Sunday morning. Violent storm winds Saturday night caused the main transmission line feeding the island to go down, leaving many businesses and homes in the dark.
In 1968 Hamer founded the Freedom Farms Corporation (FFC) a non-profit venture designed to help poor farming families. It also provided social services and grants for education. Fannie Lou Hamer died in Mound Bayou, Mississippi on 14th March 1977.
He resided in Akron, Ohio from 1929-1990 and died in 1997 in Copley, Ohio. The wife of Winnie Norman was Delsie Leona (Salisbury) Norman, born September 1909 in Clay County, West Virginia, the daughter of Benjamin Franklin & Mrytle (Bailes) Salisbury. Winnie and Delsie were married in April 1929 in Clay County and they moved to Akron, Ohio that year. Delsie died in 1966 in Akron, Ohio.