Hundreds Turn out to Honor 5-Year-Old Chad Carr, Family

In this Sept. 12, 2015, file photo, former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, far right, leads his grandsons T.J. and Tommy Carr, daughter-in-law Tammi Carr, and son Jason Carr, far left, holding his son Chad Carr, onto the Michigan Stadium field for the pregame coin toss, before an NCAA college football game against Oregon State in Ann Arbor, Mich. The 5-year-old grandson of former Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr has died more than a year after he was diagnosed with a rare, inoperable form of brain cancer. Chad Carr’s father, Jason Carr, says his son died Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, in the family’s Pittsfield Township home, where the boy had recently entered hospice care. AP Photo/Tony Ding, File

SALINE, Mich.—Hundreds of people, including University of Michigan football players, attended a memorial service for the 5-year-old grandson of former coach Lloyd Carr.

The family asked the public to wear orange, Chad Carr’s favorite color. The service was held Sunday at Saline High School, six days after Chad’s death from an incurable brain cancer.

Some Michigan players served as ushers. Linebacker Joe Bolden tells The Detroit News it’s “amazing” how people can come together in tragic situations. Michigan State and Ohio State players wore helmet decals honoring Chad when they played each other on Nov. 21.

Wolverines players wrote “#ChadTough” on their helmets.

Chad’s father, Jason Carr, and grandfather, Tom Curtis, played for Michigan.