The Unbreakable Attendance Streak of Jimmy Hunt

The most famous man in Hallsville starts each morning at Buchanan’s Hardware and Feed with a Coke Zero and crackers to keep him company.

Jimmy Hunt is 90 years old, and while never an outsized personality, he’s grown increasingly reserved in his old age. The longer he lives, the more time takes away from him. His hearing is shot. He doesn’t drive anymore, and he had to give up his herd of cattle about eight years ago.