My association with Chuck drew puzzling reactions from some of my Democratic friends. After all, Chuck was a dyed-in-the-wool conservative Republican, and his sharp pen often criticized Democrats from the national to the local level. I, of course, was a Democrat, so his views and mine often clashed.

“Our [mission] is being able to take our clients ideas and work with what they have to create something that they want and I think that is part of the biggest thing with custom furniture,” Easley said.