Sat, Jul 04 2009
|
|
Published October 09, 2008 10:57 pm - For the first time on Thursday, Betty Geary, 73, of rural Newton County, saw her new home. The house was built to replace the one a tornado destroyed May 10 at the junction of Iris Road and Highway 43. It was a house that was built with generosity. Newton County woman receives new home From staff reports
news@joplinglobe.com For the first time on Thursday, Betty Geary, 73, of rural Newton County, saw her new home. The house was built to replace the one a tornado destroyed May 10 at the junction of Iris Road and Highway 43. It was a house that was built with generosity. Geary’s 1,600-square-foot home was built entirely by members of the Home Builders Association of Southwest Missouri and with materials donated by 80 companies. Construction started in the summer. It is a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home. Geary has lived on the 140-acre farm where the house sits since 1962. Her son and daughter-in-law also live on the property. The homes and barns of all of them were destroyed by the tornado, and none of them had insurance on the buildings. Geary received only $28,000 in Federal Emergency Management Agency money to replace the buildings. The group decided to take on Geary’s project because Tom Mayberry, head of Mayberry Construction Co., lives nearby and goes to church with Geary. He took her plight to the group, and it took one meeting with Geary for the board to vote unanimously to take on the project. Past projects The Home Builders Association of Southwest Missouri has donated labor and materials for past charitable projects, including the Ronald McDonald House and Habitat for Humanity. 
•
Click to discuss this story with other readers on our forums.
More from the Local News section
Downstream notes $107 million impact in first year Tribal casinos provide Oklahoma revenue boost Lamar lawmaker, House leader from Joplin at odds on matter |
Print this story
E-mail this story
Post to del.icio.us
Discuss this story
 |
 |
    : Special Offer For New Subscribers :   
|
 |
||||||||
|
||||||||
 |
|
|
Published by Newspaper Holding, Inc. 117 East Fourth Street, Joplin, MO 64801 Using our site is your agreement to the terms and conditions. News: news@joplinglobe.com • (417)623-3480 Advertise with the Joplin Globe Copyright © 2006 The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO All rights reserved. 
|
Popular Business directory links - Joplin Apartments | Joplin Attorneys | Joplin Auto Dealers | Joplin Auto Parts | Joplin Auto Repair | Joplin Beauty Salons | Joplin Car Rental | Joplin Dentists | Joplin Doctors | Joplin Flowers | Joplin Hotels | Joplin Insurance | Joplin Loans | Joplin Mortgages | Joplin Movers | Joplin Pizza | Joplin Realtors | Joplin Restaurants | Joplin Storage | Joplin Tax Preparation | Joplin Travel | Joplin Featured | More...
|
|
Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. • CNHI Classified Advertising Network • CNHI News Service |
