{"id":1825557,"date":"2023-01-26T19:05:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T00:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1825557"},"modified":"2023-01-26T19:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T00:08:38","slug":"pay-it-forward-story-of-farmer-inspires-people-around-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pay-it-forward-story-of-farmer-inspires-people-around-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay-It-Forward Story Of Farmer Inspires People Around The Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpay-it-forward-story-of-farmer-inspires-people-around-the-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1825557&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"p1\">An inspiring pay-it-forward story can inspire people. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/farming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">farmer\u2019s<\/a> good deeds were revealed after he passed away on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hody Childress, a farmer and Air Force veteran from Alabama, went into a drugstore about a decade ago and asked the owner if there were people who weren\u2019t able to pay for their medicine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI told him, \u2018Yes, unfortunately that happens often,\u2019\u201d Brooke Walker, owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/2023\/01\/19\/alabama-farmer-hody-childress-prescriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cAnd he handed me a $100 bill, all folded up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But he didn\u2019t want credit for it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe said, \u2018Don\u2019t tell a soul where the money came from \u2014 if they ask, just tell them it\u2019s a blessing from the Lord,\u2019\u201d She said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He anonymously provided resources to people for many years in the form a $100 bill each monthly. His actions were able to bless all those around him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHis kindness motivated me to be more of a compassionate person,\u201d Walker said. \u201cHe was just a good old guy who wanted to bless his community, and he certainly did. He established a legacy of kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Walker gave Walker money that grew to thousands of dollar and was able to help two people every month who needed assistance with paying for their medicines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Walker was contemplating reaching out his family. However, his daughter was also getting ready for people to know about the gifts at his funeral because he had previously told her about them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe told me he\u2019d been carrying a $100 bill to the pharmacist in Geraldine on the first of each month, and he didn\u2019t want to know who she\u2019d helped with it \u2014 he just wanted to bless people with it,\u201d Tania Nix, his child, stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt was just who he was \u2014 it was in his heart,\u201d Nix was also added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Childress told Nix to make it possible for her to do so. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/23\/1150716078\/friends-and-family-will-keep-hody-childress-kind-deed-going\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">do it for him<\/a> when his health didn\u2019t allow for it. Childress was able to survive on Social Security and a minimum retirement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe didn\u2019t spend a lot of money in life, but he always gave what he could,\u201d She said. \u201cIf he took you out to eat, you had to be quick to grab the ticket, or he was paying for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite having lived through tragedy, he was still a positive person. His father and son died in a tornado in 1973.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThat was really hard on him, but he never complained,\u201d Nix stated. \u201cHe never lost his optimism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She said that when people realized at his funeral that he had helped them, they were stunned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI heard from people who said they\u2019d been going through a rough time and their prescriptions were paid for when they went to pick them up,\u201d She said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">His actions have inspired others to give to the pharmacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe\u2019re calling it the Hody Childress Fund, and we\u2019re going to keep it going as long as the community and Hody\u2019s family wants to keep it alive,\u201d She said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/25\/us\/alabama-pharmacy-donor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Walker and Nix have been contacted from all parts of the country by people who wish to donate since The Washington Post published their story. One man from Miami even decided to open a fund by going to his local drugstore.<\/p>\n<p>One woman, Ms. Schlageter, was able to get her son an EpiPen because of Childress\u2019 money, but she didn\u2019t know he was behind it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAll of a sudden it comes out that Mr. Hody did it,\u201d Schlageter said. \u201cWhat he doesn\u2019t know, now that he\u2019s in heaven, is that he helped a kid that works on a farm that he started. Look at that circle.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pay-it-forward story is inspiring people after a farmer\u2019s good deeds were revealed after he passed away on New Year\u2019s Day. 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