For about a decade, Hody Buford Childress walked into the pharmacy, at the first of every month, with a folded up $100 bill. His only instruction - use the money for anyone who couldn’t afford their prescriptions, and don’t tell where the help came from.
An Alabama farmer in rural DeKalb County secretly paid the pharmacy bills of those unable to pay, or without insurance, for years.
His only instruction - use the money for anyone who couldn’t afford their prescriptions, and don’t tell where the help came from. “Hody said you would know what to do with this,” was all the person would say, according to Ashley Sargent, a relative.
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