5-Year-Old Girl Buys Troopers Ice Cream after Funeral

Isabella Gregory, a 5-year-old Kentucky girl, decided to use her allowance money to buy ice cream sundaes for a group of state troopers who stopped at a restaurant after attending a funeral for a colleague, Trooper Joseph Ponder, who was killed after a traffic stop earlier this month.

The troopers were all physically and emotionally drained and had not eaten since about 5:30 a.m. Isabella saw the sad-looking troopers and decided that she wanted to buy them ice cream to cheer them up. Her mom, Sarah Yockey, thought that was a great idea. Isabella bought a total of eight sundaes for the troopers. She also bought a meal for one of the troopers after he found himself 10 cents short.

The family was in the area to attend Isabella’s 7-year-old brother’s football practice. The children stopped to watch the funeral procession. Isabella waved to people passing by in the procession and stood at attention for almost 30 minutes after she saw a soldier across the street doing so.

Some of the troopers decided to pay Isabella’s kind gesture forward by giving their sundaes to a family with three young children. They jokingly told the children’s mother that they had a physical fitness test coming up and were trying to cut back on sweets.

One of the troopers posted a photo on Facebook, and it has been shared thousands of times. The troopers decided to drive three hours to treat Isabella to a meal at her favorite restaurant. Isabella says she wants to be a police officer when she grows up. Yockey said Isabella’s actions made her feel good because it showed that she was raising her children in a positive way.