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Acts of Ron Richardson show goodwill still exists, even today

His good heart had always shown threw; today, he made an extra effort which help a confused 87 year old man get home 100 miles away.

By Crystal Broyles

I am proud of my nephew Ron Richardson.

He did a kind and somewhat heroic effort today which exhibits that goodwill and concern for others still exists in the world we live in today. Ron is a very good hearted and kind man, who took care of my father like a baby anytime he was needed day or night before my father passed away a few years back.



This morning Ron had gotten to work in Edmonton and an elderly man pulled into the car lot where he works. The man appeared confused and completely disoriented, not knowing where he was; however he was able to tell Ron that he had taken his son to work at Wal-Mart in Corbin, KY, this morning and he had been driving ever since--and hurriedly at times- driving at speeds over 100 while on his morning journey.

Ron quickly set the wheels in motion to investigate this man's origins by calling the Wal Mart store in Corbin, KY, where indeed he had dropped a son off to work.

The man's daughter called Ron back told him the man was from Corbin and had been driving aimlessly for hours and his family was looking for him because he was 87 years old and suffered from Alzheimer's Disease and asked Ron to keep watch over the man until she could make the 100 plus mile trip to pick him, which Ron did.

In today's world we think that all good will and concern for others is lost but it is not.

I thought these kind actions and extension of ones self in an effeort to help another should be shared as a ray of sunshine in what sometimes seems to be a dark world.


This story was posted on 2008-09-25 10:30:30
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