Hody Childress of Geraldine, Alabama secretly donated $100 to the local pharmacy to help pay for medicine for neighbors in need.
Hody Childress was an Air Force veteran and a farmer in Garaldine, Ala., known for his humility and kindness. But what people didn't realize was that for nearly a decade he also donated $100 a month to the local pharmacy to help neighbors in need when they couldn't afford their own medicine.
"He handed me a bill and it was folded up. I couldn't see what it was. He just said, the next time that happens, I want you to use this to help them out and I want it to be anonymous," said Brooke Walker, owner of Geraldine Drugs. "I don't want to know who you use it for, and I don't want them to know my name. I just want you to tell them that this is a blessing from God.
Walker, who is also the pharmacist, saw firsthand how Childress' generosity helped many people before he died on New Year's Day at 80 years old."It wasn't surprising. There was more to daddy than this one story, he done a lot for everybody," said his son Doug.His children said the way their father lived made them want to be better people.
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