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  • '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.

Joshua Brown