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When It Rains It Pours

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Quote from The Smoky Mountain News -Cruso, North Carolina -8/18/2021

“Subsequent flooding throughout Cruso swept homes from foundations, clogged bridges with debris and closed silt-slicked roads across the area. Evacuation quickly turned to rescue with the help of specially trained water rescue units from across the state.”

Dear Friends and family, this is a request for financial assistance for our dear friends Mindi and Scott McCracken who live in Cruso, North Carolina on the banks of The Pigeon River. The Mc Crackens have lost everything to floodwaters from Tropical Storm Fred.

Scott is a professional electrician and also an accomplished singer songwriter.

In a matter of hours on the evening of August 17th, Mindi and Scott lost everything they own to this flood.  They lost their vehicles, their beautiful home sustained extensive damage and the garden they worked so hard on all summer is now a sea of mud.  Scott has also lost his truck full of tools that he needs to support Mindi and their five children.

As I mentioned, Scott is a musician and he’s lost all of the musical equipment that he had in the van overnight.  He had returned late after a gig never thinking “a little rain” could raise the usual river depth from 2.5ft to over 20 feet in such a short period of time.

Their home is a thousand feet or so from the Pigeon River, so flood insurance was unfortunately never a consideration. 

When  I talked with Scott earlier this morning he said there is rescue personnel doing search and recovery for bodies in their neighborhood.  I can’t even imagine how the trauma of the last 24 hours has affected their mental and emotional state of minds.

So, with the above information, Lydia and I would appreciate any financial assistance you can afford for Mindi and Scott to help them get back on their feet.  It’s just by the grace of God that a natural catastrophe could happen to any of us at any time.
God bless,
Barry and Lydia Dunaway
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Donations 

  • Peggy Galvan
    • $100 
    • 2 yrs
  • Sharon Cupstid
    • $20 
    • 3 yrs
  • Melinda McCracken
    • $1,000 
    • 3 yrs
  • Darryl Curry
    • $100 
    • 3 yrs
  • Patricia Kirby
    • $50 
    • 3 yrs
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Organizer and beneficiary

Barry Dunaway
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St. Augustine, FL
Mindi McCracken
Beneficiary

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