Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy was no stranger to hard
work. His first job was selling Coca-Cola at six bottles a
quarter. In 2008 two preteen girls vandalized his home in New Smyrna Beach,
Florida, causing more than $30,000 in damage. More than the money, Cathy was
troubled by the filthy words these children had written on the walls. He
refused to prosecute fearing a criminal record would haunt them for life.
Instead, he worked out a deal with their parents. They were banned from TV and
video games and had to write: “I will not vandalize other peoples’ property” a thousand
times. In 2012 Mr. Cathy’s son Dan told the Baptist Free Press his dad believed
in the biblical definition of family. For that, Chick-Fil-A was boycotted and
banned. But Truett Cathy practiced what he preached. He was married to the same
woman for more than 66 years. Mr. Cathy died yesterday. He was 93.
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