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0:46Now PlayingTeacher's final wish was to help children
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0:46Now PlayingTammy Waddell spent her teaching career helping children. When she passed away, she found a way to help kids yet again.
Tammy was a teacher in Forsyth County, Georgia. Before she died from cancer, she asked people to give backpacks full of school supplies in lieu of flowers at her funeral.
Dozens of the teachers she worked with over the years, who served as honorary pallbearers at her funeral, donated backpacks in her honor. Several community members also donated backpacks and school supplies. Backpacks lined the chapel where her funeral was held. Her cousin, Dr. Brad Johnson, posted pictures of the donations on his twitter account.
"It shows her legacy as a teacher, that teachers never truly quit teaching," Johnson said. "I think her final lesson was her life story, to serve others, Even in death she was thinking about those in need."
Thousands of people responded to Johnson's tweets with positive messages about Waddell's final gift.
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