PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW

Wayne Lewis, left, and Louis "Buzz" Wells, lead a prayer Sunday at the Bartow Civic Center after Wells told the story of his daughter's fight against thyroid cancer. Wells brought the audience to tears with his story as his daughter was diagnosed with the disease when she was 11 years old.

PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW

Michelle Wells, left, and her daughter, Crystal, 15, listen to Louis tell the story of their family's fight against the thyroid cancer Crystal was diagnosed with when she was 11 years old.