Bethel Killman died Friday night at his Scottsburg nursing home.

There was a receiving line of hundreds of people for Bethel Killman as he celebrated his 100th birthday at Hardy’s Café in Scottsburg, Indiana.

Box after box of cards, gifts and packages have been coming in on a daily basis to the Hampton Oaks Senior Living Facility in Scottsburg.

A southern Indiana World War II veteran is about to hit a milestone 100 years in the making.