Holmes Seashore businessman electrocuted whereas serving to good friend remembered for work in group

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The Anna Maria Island and Holmes Seashore communities are mourning the lack of a enterprise proprietor who was electrocuted on New Yr’s Eve. 

Family members bear in mind 51-year-old Jason Edwards as compassionate, giving and goofy. They mentioned he died doing what he liked most: Serving to others. 

Pictured: Jason Edwards. 

“He was within the attic, doing a favor for a good friend of his attempting to attach energy to an RV, and he bought electrocuted off of the air handler,” mentioned Pete Dospel, Jason’s enterprise accomplice. 

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Simply two months earlier than Hurricane Helene, Jason and his enterprise accomplice opened Blue Wave Restorations in Holmes Seashore. Edwards labored across the clock to assist his group. 

“He was all about simply desirous to get the island again to regular, so folks can get their jobs and convey monetary stability and convey life again to regular,” mentioned his sister, Megan Edwards.

Pictured: Jason Edwards. 

Dospel mentioned Jason helped recruit a workforce of principally ladies and offered them with the instruments to enter the male-dominated discipline. 

“A few of them are down on their luck. Needing one thing new,” Dospel mentioned, “They’re very appreciative. We provide them a variety of coaching. One thing that perhaps different firms would not rent them on to do.”

His family members mentioned New Yr’s Eve won’t ever be the identical with out him. They hope his legacy of kindness and generosity will encourage others to reside the identical method.

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