Soon after I publish this blog I will head to a funeral. A good friend of mine passed away from cancer over the weekend. Chad Pierce was his name. Chad is probably the single most nicest person I have ever met. I have never heard anyone say one bad thing about Chad and I have never heard anyone say anything bad about Chad. He is the highest form of a human being that God allows us to obtain. Words could never truly express his footprint on the world he lived in while here on earth. As we have told stories and comforted each other we have heard countless stories of people who Chad has meet maybe only once or for a weekend at a convention and came to the funeral home or to see the family because he impacted them that much. Some like that came as far as 250 miles. Chad returned to our hometown and was no question the biggest Madill Wildcat supporter of all time. So much so that the football players wanted to be at the funeral today.
Chad played trombone in high school and received a scholarship to play at East Central University. Chad was not the best member of either band. Chad did was not our valedictorian. Chad did not score a 36 on ACT. Chad did not get an engineering degree or study rocket science. He was however the best at what matters!! Loving others, being a great son, brother, uncle, colleague, and friend. I write all this to say this. All the state rankings that Michelle Rhee, Jeb Bush or any other corporate reformers want to put out or any state letter grade Janet Baressi, Bobby Jindal, or Tony Bennett give out won't ever truly measure the worth of person. Chad is an A+ I don't need a test or a complicated formula to tell me that!!!
RIP Chad Pierce
Madill Class of '93
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