Israel Compos of Pecos has the nickname Pody.
“Pody was a sheep dog and when I was in school I used to have long straight hair that covered my eyes most of the time,” he says. “So my classmates started calling me Pody and the name stuck.”
After a career in law enforcement Pody opened a barbeque restaurant.
“We started off cooking two briskets a day maybe; then a gentleman by the name of Daniel Vaughn…