A farmer from Alabama was secretly paying the pharmacy bills for the residents of the small town where he lived - but the citizens only found out about his kind gesture after his death.
Sometimes it's worth remembering that there are truly good-hearted people in this world, and Hody Childress was certainly one of them.
As per BBC News, Childress worked as a farmer in the small town of Geraldine in Alabama, which houses a population of less than a thousand people.
Described as a humble, God-loving man, Childress would often be seen sharing his vegetables with the local residents and would send hand-written get-well cards to his neighbors when they were unwell.
But one secret that even his family didn't know, was that he would donate $100 each month to the local pharmacy in order to help anybody who couldn't afford their prescription.
As cited by The Washington Post, pharmacy owner Brooke Walker recalls being pulled aside 10 years ago, when Childress asked if anybody in the town was unable to pay for their medications.
"I told him, ‘Yes, unfortunately, that happens often," Walker said. "And he handed me a $100 bill, all folded up," Walker said.
The pharmacy owner was instructed to not tell anybody where the money had come from, and to simply reply that it was a "blessing from the Lord" if ever asked about it.
This continued each month for a decade until the good samaritan became too unwell from the effects of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to make the trip.
Childress sadly passed away aged 80 on New Year's Day, having given over $12,000 to the community over the course of 10 years.
His daughter, Tania Nix, was eventually bought into the fold after the 80-year-old told her what he had been up to and instructed her to carry this on for as long as he was alive.
Childress was an Air Force veteran and a man of god who was always looking for ways to help his community, so the request came as no surprise to his daughter.
After revealing his generosity to the wider community during his funeral, a high school teacher approached Nix and revealed that the monthly donations had helped cover the expenses of her son's life-saving Epi-pen, which they would not have been able to afford otherwise.
The pharmacy has revealed that since the story became public in The Washington Post, they have been flooded with well-wishers offering to continue the tradition of paying for other people's prescriptions.
In a world where you can be anything, be like Hody Childress.
