One man’s generosity amazed the community in which he lived his entire life. The farmer ran the People’s Pharmacy for 10 years and only now, after his death, did his friends and neighbors find out about it.
Quiet and humble, Hody Childress was something of a guardian angel for the town’s poor and sick. When he learned that his neighbors couldn’t always pay for medication, he began donating a $100 bill to Brooke Walker, owner of Geraldine Drugs.
Now the whole town of Geraldine, Alabama, in the United States is eternally grateful to the farmer, who for years maintained some sort of secret charity campaign for those who needed it most. A nice gesture of kindness and empathy.
humility and solidarity
Hody was a farmer and veteran of the United States Air Force. According to family members, he has always liked to do charity work and when he found out about the situation of some neighbors, he did not hesitate to help them.
Brooke said the donations started one day when the elderly man went to the pharmacy and saw a customer didn’t want to take the medicine because he didn’t have enough money. The owner of the farm then explained that this was a common situation and the farmer immediately tried to solve the problem.
“He said, ‘Here, this $100 is for people who can’t afford their prescription. Don’t tell anyone the money came from me, tell them it’s a blessing from God,’” Brooke said.
The owner of the pharmacy said she had followed all of the customers’ instructions and started helping many of the city’s 900 residents who couldn’t afford prescriptions.
And the donations were then repeated for the next 10 years.
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surprise and excitement
Hody’s health posed some issues over those 10 years, but he still managed to keep donations going.
Unfortunately, at the end of 2022, the farmer could no longer walk due to a lung disease and other health problems and decided to ask someone for help. That’s when he first spoke of the charity he did for his daughter, Tania Nix.
“I was shocked. I had no idea he was helping people in the pharmacy,” Tania said.
Tania then started taking her father’s donation to the pharmacy every month until his death.
At the funeral, now in January, Tania shared her father’s good deed. The news surprised and moved the entire community, who now saw Hody as an angel.
“There are so many people in Geraldine who have lived longer because of Hody,” said pharmacist Heather Walker. “Hody was a truly humble servant who will always be loved.” Completed.
Good deeds continue
Tania not only surprised the community but also made everyone emotional. Hody’s daughter assured Brooke that the donations will be kept in her father’s memory.
Those present at Hody’s wake could not hold back tears at the news as many were helped by the farmer.
Hody, the farmer who ran the pharmacy, and his daughter Tania photo: personal archive
With information from GNN.