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Gary Ferrell,a patient inmate in the hospice unit at the Franklin Medical Center, becomes emotional while listening to inmate Scott Abram, not pictured, a member of the Stephen Ministry, play guitar in his room on March 17, 2016.

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Health care worker Rosa Lemaster, left, comforts Gary Ferrell, right, a patient inmate in the hospice unit at the Franklin Medical Center, in his room on March 17, 2016.

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Gary Ferrell, center, a patient inmate in the hospice unit at the Franklin Medical Center, listens to inmate Scott Abram, not pictured, a member of the Stephen Ministry, play guitar in his room on March 17, 2016.

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Gary Ferrell, left, a patient inmate in the hospice unit at the Franklin Medical Center, listens to inmate Scott Abram, right, a member of the Stephen Ministry, play guitar in his room on March 17, 2016.

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Gary Ferrell, left, a patient inmate in the hospice unit at the Franklin Medical Center, and inmate Scott Abram, center, a member of the Stephen Ministry, have a fist bump after Abram played guitar for him on March 17, 2016. Vickie Murphy, a member of a the Threshold Choir, right, stands nearby.

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Gary Ferrell, left, a patient inmate in the hospice unit at the Franklin Medical Center, listens to inmate Scott Abram, center, a member of the Stephen Ministry, play guitar in his room on March 17, 2016. Vickie Murphy, a member of a the Threshold Choir, right, listens.

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Gary Ferrell, left, a patient inmate in the hospice unit at the Franklin Medical Center, listens to inmate Scott Abram, center, a member of the Stephen Ministry, play guitar in his room on March 17, 2016. Vickie Murphy, a member of a the Threshold Choir, right, listens.

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Gary Ferrell, left, a patient inmate in the hospice unit at the Franklin Medical Center, holds hands with Vickie Murphy, a member of the Threshold Choir who often visits Ferrell to sing to him on March 17, 2016.

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Gary Ferrell, left, a patient inmate in the hospice unit at the Franklin Medical Center, and inmate Scott Abram, right, a member of the Stephen Ministry, shake hands after Abram played guitar for him on March 17, 2016.

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Gary Ferrell, left, a patient inmate in the hospice unit at the Franklin Medical Center, listens to inmate Scott Abram, right, a member of the Stephen Ministry, play guitar in his room on March 17, 2016.

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