SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (WAND) — Shelbyville resident Forest "Frosty" Herron celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by family on Saturday. 

Frosty served in the Merchant Marines, as well as the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of the school board for 20 years, and chief deputy sheriff for Shelby County for 20 years.

His eldest son, Kevin Herron, said his father left a legacy.

"Dad is two years older than penicillin. When dad was born, Calvin Coolidge was the president. Gas was like $0.20 a gallon, and it's just amazing. But I think the thing that amazes me more than anything is his legacy that he's left by his beliefs," he said.

That legacy can be summarized by Frosty himself: "You gotta love everybody."

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