“I retired in May. I worked on bridges for the county. I was on a tractor and got buried in a hole that caved in on me. It took all day for them to get me out, and my leg was all messed up. I was laid up in bed for two months; I am still in constant pain. I am bored. I spend a lot of time at this gas station and try to help out around the store. When you are alone, you think about a lot of junk, making it worse. I ask every day why I got hurt. One day the Lord will stop me from hurting.”
I’m known as The Ford Man. Working on cars keeps me going
“I was born in 1935 in Walker County, one of the poorest counties in Alabama. My dad was a coal miner. He also worked...
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