Shelley Johnson, 55, lives in a trailer near Pleasant Grove Baptist church. He has been blind since he was 20.
Propped in a corner of his trailer is Bear’s white cane which he only uses Monday’s and Thursdays when he visits the social services center – the supplier of the came.Shelley Johnson, 55, lives in a trailer near Pleasant Grove Baptist church. He has been blind since he was 20.
A social worker makes her once-a-month visit to Bear’s trailer to check up on him. This day she talked to him about the new space heater he had bought.Shelley Johnson, 55, lives in a trailer near Pleasant Grove Baptist church. He has been blind since he was 20.
Bear proudly displays to his visitors a picture of a past girlfriend.Ellie and Amy Lipshuts, owners of Dottidale Kennel, relocated from Hillbrook, New York to rural Liberty, KY to continue to raise prize winning Dalmatians. It was an interesting move for sisters. “There was no adjustments for us,” Ellie said. “The adjustments was for the neighbors,” she said. “We were the ladies from New York and the story was we were coming here with 100 poodles,” Amy added.Shelley Johnson, 55, lives in a trailer near Pleasant Grove Baptist church. He has been blind since he was 20.
“I’ve been thinking about going back to blind school. Iv’e got to quit fooling around and get there before this cold weather comes and I can’t get around – no mobility,” Bear said.Shelley Johnson, 55, lives in a trailer near Pleasant Grove Baptist church. He has been blind since he was 20.
Bear hopes to pay off his silver trailer in about one year which will allow him to get running water, eliminating the need for his crude outhouse pictured at right.Shelley Johnson, 55, lives in a trailer near Pleasant Grove Baptist church. He has been blind since he was 20.
Jeffrey McFarland (left) who lives near Bear, and his cousin Stephen Peyton, ages 12 and 11, occasionally visit Bear. Each help the other to pass the time away.Shelley Johnson, 55, lives in a trailer near Pleasant Grove Baptist church. He has been blind since he was 20.
The many years of walking from his trailer to the grocery store and church have given Bear a good familiarity of the route.Shelley Johnson, 55, lives in a trailer near Pleasant Grove Baptist church. He has been blind since he was 20.
In church, Bear sits in the same pew every Sunday, praying to God and singing along with the rest of the congregation.
