A Houston woman, who has been making face masks to distribute during the coronavirus pandemic, decided to send some to country singer Willie Nelson - who then signed them and put them up for auction.
According to Texan news outlet KTRK, Nelson signed the face masks so that Tanya Boike could auction them online to raise cash to make more.
Boike started making masks with the help of a local nurse and they have made and given out well over 500.
Boike had met Nelson’s granddaughter, Noelle Ward, several years ago and wanted to send some masks to the 86-year-old singer and his wife.
"(Noelle) texted me a few minutes later and said 'pops would rather sign these and have them auction them off. That way you can get more materials and keep making these masks for free.’ I just lost it. That’s not what I had made them for," Boike said.
Ward told KTRK that this was just how her grandfather was by temperament. "Well, that’s him. That’s who he is. That’s him every day. He’s just relaxed. He’s just giving. He’s just got a great smile, and he’s just the best."
Nelson's 70th studio album, First Rose Of Spring, will now be released on July 3, instead of April 24.
