Gay couple funds a scholarship to honor Alabama woman and much more.

Photos of Patti Sue Mathis of Wicksburg, who took her own life in 1995.

On the eve of Alabama’s special election for the U.S. Senate in December, Nathan Mathis showed up at a Roy Moore rally in Houston County carrying a sign and an opposing viewpoint.

A peanut farmer and former state legislator, Mathis was driven by tragedy. His daughter, Patti Sue Mathis, took her own life at age 22, in 1995.