The Shelby Creek Rescue Squad and its neighboring Dorton Volunteer Fire Department gathered together Friday to honor a man who always rallies for them.
Tim Stiltner was in a crash earlier this month and has been hospitalized at Pikeville Medical Center since that day.
A faithful firefighter and rescue worker, Stiltner’s volunteer family says he is always there when you call and always has a smile.
“And he’s a big part of this community. Everybody loves him. Everybody talks about him,” said Donna Handshoe, rescue squad president. When they got the call earlier this month that he was involved in a motorcycle crash, the department came together in prayer waiting for news.
“It devastated us. We actually didn’t think he was going to make it,” said Handshoe.