A kind-hearted farmer secretly paid his neighbour's pharmacy bills for years after learning families couldn't afford their bills.
Hody Childress, from Geraldine in Alabama, US, went into his local pharmacy over a decade ago and gave its owner Brooke Walker a $100 (£80) bill.
The retired US air force veteran asked her not to tell customers where the money came from and would return each month to Geraldine Drugs after hearing patients couldn't afford their medication.
Brooke revealed to the Washington Post: “He said, ‘Don’t tell a soul where the money came from – if they ask, just tell them it’s a blessing from the Lord."
For the next 10 years, Hody would give the pharmacy hundreds of dollars without his family ever knowing what he was up to.
And for some it was a lifesaver with one person unable to cover their prescriptions due to the cost of health insurance.
Remarkably, nobody in the community had any idea their neighbour was paying for their prescriptions.
It wasn't until late last year his generosity was revealed after the pensioner couldn't get to the pharmacy due to his health conditions.
He was fighting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and had to find someone to give the money to on his behalf.
The 80-year-old was forced to ask his daughter Tania Nix, 58, to give the pharmacy his $100 bill.
His daughter carried out his request, she told the Washington Post: "I was shocked – I had no idea that he was helping people at the drug store.
"He told me he’d been carrying a $100 bill to the pharmacist in Geraldine on the first of each month, and he didn’t want to know who she’d helped with it – he just wanted to bless people with it."
According to his daughter, Hody wanted to give back after he lost his son, Butch, in 1973 and his first wife, Peggy in 1999.
Hody died on January 1 and left behind second wife Martha Jo, two children, three stepchildren and 15 grandchildren.
Tania spoke at her dad's funeral where she revealed his generosity.
After hearing the news, the local community started to club together money to allow the fund to continue.
Heather Walker, a pharmacist at Geraldine Drugs, said if it wasn't for Hody's generosity some of the local residents wouldn't have survived.
She told WVTM: "There are so many people in Geraldine who have lived longer because of Hody.
"Hody was a true humble servant who will always be loved.”
