The 6-year-old from Bismarck received the Adam Brown Award for her tenacity and perseverance

Bismarck, Arkansas – This week, the community recognized two people in Arkansas who, in the face of adversity, persevered and demonstrated to us all what it means to be a hero. The throng beneath the Friday night lights became silent for a brief moment.

The Adam Brown Award is presented annually to a young person who best exemplifies the strength that the late American battle hero Brown was known for. Bo Henry Fryar, age six, received the prize this year.

Many people have three basic principles for living a successful life in their hearts.

As Pastor Chad Fryar of Crossroads Cowboy Church put it, “God, family, and country are priorities in our home.”

Chad claimed that he finds serenity in those ideals.

“Many times I just kind of stand and stare in awe at what God has accomplished and is doing,” Fryar remarked.

Without his right-hand man, it would not be the same as a small bit of heaven on earth.

“Henry Bo? We call him a little cotton-headed ninny mugging,” Fryar remarked.

Chad’s youngest child is Bo Henry.

Even at age six, he already has a greater love for life than most adults. Chad refers to him as his “little man” because of his tenacity, resolve, and enormous heart.

According to Fryar, “I don’t think he even realizes how much he’s already overcome right now.”

In 2023, the Fryar family was a part of a fatal vehicle accident. At a Gum Springs crossing, an approaching train struck Chad and his three kids.

“I was thrown out of the vehicle 176 feet upon impact, which is approximately 16 stories,” stated Fryar.

Dana Kate and Marley Jo, Fryar’s daughters, passed away.

Bo Henry and Chad arrived in Little Rock by airlift. Bo Henry underwent surgery to treat a broken arm and neck.

“Imagine the trauma that’s occurring in your family and yourself, the loss of your two elder sisters, and then you have this device on you,” Fryar remarked.

Bo Henry is still healing a year later.

His father grinned and remarked, “He’s persevering, proving that even the smallest of men can be strong.”

Bo Henry is deserving of the Adam Brown Award because of his strength.

Adam Brown’s football coach in the fifth and sixth grades, Mike Glisson, claimed that Brown was the same manner.

Because of his heart and tenacity, he was one of the few who stood out more than the others, according to Glisson.

Over time, Glisson witnessed the youngster from a tiny village become a Navy SEAL, despite suffering an eye injury and an accident that resulted in the amputation of four fingers.

Brown sacrificed his life—as well as his heart—to keep others safe. In 2010, he passed away in Afghanistan at the age of 36.

For the past thirteen years, Glisson has honored children who, despite facing adversity, persevered and triumphed, thereby perpetuating Brown’s memory.

“Compared to us adults, he looks to God and finds God in more things,” Fryar remarked.
This year, Bo Henry is etched next to Brown’s name.

They say that unless everything is taken away, you can never truly know what matters.

“I find them in our daily lives, not in the cemetery, though I do visit there occasionally,” Fryar remarked. “That was right there, where they were living with me.”

In addition to the achievement plaque, Bo Henry received several thoughtful presents from the community.

For over ten years, Glisson has been presenting the award, and he has no intention of stopping any time soon.