Service of Triumph for the Homegoing:
Monday, July 9, 2007
Viewing | 10:00 A.M.
Service | 11:00 A.M.
Mt. Ennon Baptist Church
9832 Piscataway Road
Clinton, MD 20735
(301) 856-2170
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At least 15 people gave there lives to Christ here this day!
as Chad did in February 2007.
A Time To Cherish:
Chad leaves to cherish and cary on his memory, a loving and devoted wife, Naima A. Reed, his mother Paula Backus, two daughters: Niesha & Tahnee and one son Kemp; three sisters Carla Backus, Mia Queen and Nina Price, four brothers-in-law, Jerome Queen, John Price, Rashid Reed, and Trenton Phalipueax; Grandmother-In-Law Sarah Underwood, seven nieces, eight nephews, one great nephew; and a host of relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, William Kemp Backus; Mother-in-law, Carolyn J. Reed; oldest sister, Arlene Marie Backus; maternal grandmother, Helen Rose Higdon; paternal grandmother Eleanor Smith, Grandfathers Richard Higdon and Charles Backus, and two very special friends/brothers Courtney Alston and Montez Keith.
Chad Ayende Backus was born to William Kemp & Paula Darlene Backus on April 10, 1971, at Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, DC.
On February 14, 1996, Chad married the love of his life (For Real), Naima Anika Reed, of District Heights, MD.
He is a graduate of Central Senior High School (Class of 1990) and Bladensburg School of Barbering.
Chad and Naima are the proud parents of two dauthers Niesha and Tahnee, and one son Kemp Backus.
CHAD'S LIFE STORY
CHAD ...A LIVING LEGEND - AN INTRIGUING MAN ... HE WAS A LEGEND BEFORE HIS TIME IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF MANY WHO ENCOUNTERED HIM
Chad was born to be an entrepreneur, started off as a child selling his toys for money. He was savvy when it came to increasing his cash flow. Those characteristics along with his creative artistic ability to improvise making something out of nothing. Chad fell in love with the art of barbering at a young age. This caused him to open his first barber shop in his mother's basement "Pickwick Square." His hands were magical to every head he touched. Who would have known that this young man was grooming himself to be the owner of one fo the most well known barber shops in the Washington Metropolitan Area? Anywhere you go, you will always find a customer of Chad Da Barber. From the East Coast to the West Coast even in Iraq, someone is being complimented on a style created by Chad.
-Program Edited by: Keith Alston, Carla Backus, Michael & Terri Brown, Dabrena Chandler, Donovan Gillison, Pamela Heckstall, LaToya Herbert, Nikita Jones, Reginald Liscomb, Leah & Mia Queen, Alfred Riley, Adrian Robinson, Falando Thomas, Victor Vaughan
From the shop:
He was a friend, an ear, a shoulder, a real spirit that, around him, you felt all over... Smart, well rounded... a very deep brother. He could keep peace between people who hated each other. The mutual respect for him would keep that from sparking. Can't forget funny, hilarious for real!
A brother and an uncle, a husband and son too. You touched us All Brother and I Love and miss you.
But when you ask me bout Chad, I say a hell of a father and a real Dad as well!
R.I.P. Homey Love You
-Billy Ray
