Tommy and Wayne Hicks kill time on a trampoline as their cousin, Neil, and grandmother, Betty, shoot hoops in the family's Lawrenceburg backyard.Roger Stephens mows his lawn, one of many duties for the 19-year-old, who works in a factory to support his wife and children.Rabbit Hunt of Fairdale sits back and watches Bobby Isham carefully remove a horseshoe from one of Hunt's horses.Bobby Isham holds a horseshoe in his hands to see if fitsa horse atthe Merlin Farm in Versailles, KY.Bobby Isham (left) and Merrill Murray share a laugh at Murray's horse farm, the Merlin Farm, in Versailles, Ky. The two have worked together for more than 28 years. "I've known Bobby longer than any of my four marriages," Murray said.Bobby Isham chats with mail carrier Verlinda Sanford Thursday outside Isham's Lawrenceburg home. Sanford has been delivering mail in Anderson County for 18 and a half years. "She knows every person and every dog in the county," said Isham.After a morning of shoeing horses, farrier Bobby Isham gives his feet a break by putting on more comfortable shoes. Isham has been shoeing throughout Kentucky and across the country for 43 years. "It seems I've shod a horse behind every tree in Kentucky," he said.Bobby Isham of Lawrenceburg jokes with friend Russell Massie after the two sanded down Isham's trailer.
