Anyone who hung around AS220 in the early 90s probably remembers this guy. He was a hell of a piper and a hell of a guy. Pour some single malt on the sidewalk for Mr. Eric M. Armour...

ARMOUR, ERIC M., 34, passed away Sunday after a courageous battle with long term effects of childhood cancer. He was the husband of Simone Feaster-Armour.

A lifelong resident of Pawtucket. He was the son of Everett M. and Judith A. (Bryson) Armour of Pawtucket.

Eric received a B.S. and an M.E.D. from RI College and at the time of his passing, he was a doctoral candidate at Pepperdine University in the EDOC Program. Eric was chosen to represent Pepperdine at the AOM world conference in Honolulu, Hawaii in August 2005. Eric was well known as a bagpiper. He began his exploration of music at the Gaelic College in Nova Scotia and went on to study at the College of Pipping in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1990, Eric was ranked #1 in his grade in North America by the EUSPBA. Eric worked with Roger Williams University from 1997-2003 to create the RWU Pipes and Drums and he was thrilled to be their Pipe Major. Eric cherished all of his performances and sought every opportunity to share his love of the pipes with students and friends.

For the past 14 years, Eric has been employed by the North Smithfield School Dept. as a Social Studies Teacher. Eric loved the Red Sox, Maine, bad jokes, great food and traveling the world in search of new adventures. Eric was always grateful for the childhood care that he received from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. As an adult; he served as a resource in many ways, including research and as the bagpiper for the Pan-Mass Challenge. He was a member of the Pawtuxet Athletic Club and National Educators Association.

He is also survived by two sisters Sheila J. Lee of MA and Cynthia A. Coyne and her husband Gerald of Barrington, uncle of Katie, Patrick, Ian and Meghan Coyne, son-in-law of Brigitte Feaster of N.P., brother-in-law of Michel Feaster of San Francisco, CA.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at St. Leo the Great Church, 723 Central Ave., Pawtucket. Calling Hours Wednesday 4-8 p.m. at the Jones-Walton-Sheridan Funeral Home, 1895 Broad St. at Park Ave., Cranston. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Pawtucket. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St., MA 02115