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Corrine Lenior "Rebuliding" Fund

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Corrine Lenoir lost her husband March 2013. In July of 2013 she went to GA to visit her granddaughter and celebrate the birthday of her greatgrandson.

She stayed for 11 days. 

She returned to her home in Sweetwater, TN and found it had been ruined with sewage back up from a storm a few days earlier. 

Every where there was a drain in her house, sewage had come through. It had spilled over out of tubs, toilets, & sinks. Her furniture was ruined, and everything that came into contact with the waste.

The smell was so bad, you had to wear a mask to even go inside.

The saddest part about it is, her last mortage payment was due August 2013!! She paid off her house but had to move into a hotel paying 3x more than her mortgage. 

She was blessed to get a lawyer to take on her case for free. She went up against the city of Sweetwater, TN Sewage, who was proven to cause the back up in her house. They actually did work on the sewage system near her house days before the storm, pushing things in the drain!

After a 3 year long fight with the city, the judge ruled against Corrine. 

Corrine lost her husband and her home within a few months. 

Corrine thought that winning this case would help her rebuild her home because it is now totalling unliviable. 

She now lives in a small apartment around the corner from her home.  She is 82 years old on a VERY FIXED income. 

Corrine still has things in the house! 

She's been waiting on this case to be finished so she could rebuild her life but now it looks like that will never happen. 

We started this gofundme page because we wanted to help her start to rebuild. She spent any extra money on the hotel for a year believing the city would right their wrong. 

The money will be used to help her move closer to her family in GA. She will be able to get everthing out of her home and pay her bills without worry.

Organiser and beneficiary

Bernetta Jackson-Knighten
Organiser
Sweetwater, TN
Corrine Lenoir
Beneficiary

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