'I thought she was the diamond of the world when I met her,' Coy Hanson said of his wife, Anna Katherine. After an all-too-common trip to the funeral parlor, they went to the local Dairy Queen for ice cream to lift their spirits.

Each morning at daybreak, Coy Hanson takes a two-mile walk down Highway 70 near his home. He waves at passing cars, and friends often wave back or tap their horns.

Coy Hanson (center) along with Merritt Clark and Annie Doyle load donated food into their truck. 'They need my strong back,' Hanson said as he lifts heavy boxes of food.

Coy Hanson and his wife, Anna Katherine, watch TV in their living room.

Coy spends each Friday with his two great-grandchildren, Morgan Mills, 6, left, and Peyton Mills, 2. 'They're the joy of my life,' he said.

As Coy Hanson ends his weekly visit, he walks down the stairs with his great-grandson Peyton Mills, 2, in his arms. Peyton doesn't know many words yet, but he says 'no go' over and over.

Teaching his 4-yearold grandson, xxxxx, how to play golf is a rewarding but sometimes difficult task for Wait Billingsley of Glasgow. After a full nine holes, his grandson wants to play cowboy and Indian in the parking lot.