Here's a tale about an ex-credit union CEO who abandoned the industry to take up a quirky new line of business and this month again received national TV exposure.

It's the story of Darrell Best, former head of an E. St. Louis CU and Illinois Credit Union League PAC leader and chapter president, who now runs a wedding-chapel-on-wheels business and was featured on an ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson."

Best, the former CEO of Metro East CU, now Scott CU of Collinsville and former CEO of Motor Coach Employees CU, was also most recently on national cable shows and is often picked up in the St. Louis media and on wire services.

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