He's known as a jack of all trades at his workplace. Bobby Stacey is not only a hardworker, but knows what its like to go hungry and have no roof over his head.
"I'm not a quitter never have been," he said. You never know what is going to walk up on you. There is no safety, no security. You are on your own."
Stacey and his wife never knew where they were going next.
"When you are homeless one place will burn out pretty quick, or it will last awhile. You never know, when it is time for you to move."
Stacey had another set-back. He was losing his eyesight.
"It got worse and worse, cataract's was eating my eyes up," he said.
He got surgery thanks for the State Division for the Blind.
"After I got my surgery, with all my tools and lockbox, I was still under the bridge looking for work."
However, he had no luck on a job. So, Stacey and his wife moved again.
"We ended up in Abilene, and that is where this story starts."
While on the street, the couple met a college student. He brought them food.
"I told him my story, like I'm telling ya'll. I told him I had carpenter tools and was headed to West Texas. I hear they got some workout there. He said well don't leave yet, let me make a phone call. I might be able to pull a few strings. I know some people out there."
The student called up his dad. His dad is, the Lubbock auto-group owner seen everywhere, Bart Reagor.
"I had him send him to Lubbock on a bus, and now he has his own home," Reagor said. He has his own driver license."
"I went from blind and homeless to living in a two-bedroom house with hardwood floors," Stacey said. Everything in my life is nice. I mean a rich person wouldn't live there, but coming from where I came from--I feel like i'm the richest man in Lubbock."
Stacey has been working with Reagor-Dykes for three years. He said he has no plans on going anywhere.
"I'm going to stay here until the day I die, if I can. I feel like this is the place I was supposed to be all along."
Stacey applauds the recent joint effort from the business community and LPD to help the homeless.
"If you give somebody a chance like I was given a chance--willing to help while they get on their feet, and see that they are doing good--they will take off from there."
