Hody Childress grew up poor, surviving with his family on sustenance farming and by hunting small game. In 2010, he walked into Geraldine Drugs and pulled the pharmacist aside. “‘I have a question,’” she recalled him saying, “‘Do you ever have anyone who can’t pay for their medication?’”
“‘Well, yeah, that happens a good bit,’” she told him. He handed her a folded hundred-dollar bill and said, “‘The next time that happens, I want you to use this,’” she recalled. “‘I want it to be anonymous. I don’t want to know any details on who you use it on, just tell them this is a blessing from the Lord,’” he told her.
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