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One Man's Story
The Life and Times of 93-year-old Bill McCall By Heather V. Long
McCall continues to live in Garland, Texas, in the house he and his family moved to in 1977. His daughter, Linda, granddaughter, Chandra, and 3-year-old great-grandson, Xander, live with him.
"He can do anything," says Chandra. "He works on my car, landscapes the front yard, trims the trees and helps put together a trampoline. He takes care of my son, who runs younger people ragged, fixes anything and everything, bakes and cooks, and he does all of this at the age of 93."
"He loves without any interference from personality or interaction," says Scott, who lives in Virginia with his wife and 2-year-old daughter and tries to make frequent visits to Garland. "He accepts everything. As a person, he's the most incredibly interesting man in the world. A 'history of Bill McCall' would make a book that described the last century of the United States. The most valuable thing he taught me was to put one foot in front of the other and to always do what you have to do to take care of yourself and your family. Nothing else matters."