Community rallies behind cancer survivor who says he was told to cover his face

At Forks Pit Stop in Walterboro, Kirby Evans says he’s a regular. But when he went to grab something to eat this Monday, he was caught off guard.

Kirby Evans, says he was asked to cover his face. “I feel somebody reach up and grab me like this and jerk me into her office.”

Kirby says the person who grabbed him was someone who worked at Forks.

You see, Kirby is a cancer survivor. He did beat cancer, but he lost his eye and nose. Kirby says the owner told him, if he wanted to eat at the store, he would have to cover his face.

“It hurt deep inside.”

Kirby says that pain was a new feeling. Something he won’t forget.

“I’ve never been treated like that. Never.”

Kirby’s daughter, Brandy, posted about what Kirby says happened on Facebook. More than 9,000 people have now shared that post.

“It’s really made me proud to watch everybody rally around him and let him know that he doesn’t have to hide his battle scars,” said Brandy.

A lot of frustration coming from Walterboro over this story. But Kirby isn’t as focused on that as much as he is on how supportive the rest of his community has been.

Days after a cancer survivor says he was told to cover his face while eating donuts at a Walterboro store, several people met him for breakfast at a different restaurant.
Kirby Evans lost his eye & nose, but his daughter says his smile is back, thanks to that breakfast club. pic.twitter.com/9X6qMyLQSH

— Lisa Weismann (@LisaLive5) October 11, 2018

“I’m telling you what. I didn’t know there’s that many people out there that cared. But there are. They’re out there. Everywhere.”

A GoFundMe account has since been created for Kirby. You can find it HERE.