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A Life Well Lived, and Over Too Soon
Remembering Brent Weatherly
Today we celebrated the life of my friend, Brent Weatherly.
My son and I met Brent back in 2013. He had just been diagnosed with colon cancer in April of that year. As we introduced ourselves, we told Brent we would pray for him.
What he and his wife Kim hoped would be a blip in their lives turned out to be a nearly 7 year battle that ended Tuesday night.
Over 200 people gathered to remember Brent. We cried. We laughed. We hugged.
And afterward, we enjoyed the kind of hospitality Brent was known for.
He loved to have fun.
Like my grandfather, Brent had a great sense of humor.
His friend Billy found a shiny new baseball bat in his yard. Thinking about how much he would enjoy the bat, Brent arrived, grabbed the bat and said, “That’s mine.”
Brent gave many of his friends nicknames. He called his friend Carlton “Angel.” Later Carlton would become Brent’s medical advisor.
One day Carlton was texting Kim about Brent’s treatment.
“Who are you texting, Kim?”
“Carlton.”
