distractors: hardly slightly simply
sentence: Following a year at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, I  returned  home to work at the
  bank again.I worked my    way  up through the ranks to become Chairman,
  President, and the CEO of the bank  before  retiring  in 1997.I was blessed to have had good employers and employees.I've been blessed to have a  nice  wife
  and wonderful children and grandchildren.I'm   [MASK]  thankful to all I've met along the way.