Almost three years after his son died in a car wreck as a result of complications with diabetes, Rex Covington came up with an idea for helping others who suffer from the illness.
“I had a dream in the second week of January 2018 that I was raising money riding my motorcycle all over the country and that I raised $90,000 in one year. I thought this was a great idea, so I’m pursuing it,” Covington said this past week during a stopover in Lamesa.
Covington said he partnered with the American Diabetes Association “to do just that – ride my motorcycle ...