A Bowie County family broke ground in Hooks Saturday on what will be their new home thanks to Habitat for Humanity Texarkana.
Sonya Lummus said that when she gained custody of her three grandchildren, siblings 10-year-old Norah, 14-year-old Neven and 16-year-old Braylon Patterson, the family could not continue living in the home she was renting.
“I live in a little, bitty two bedroom house and my income is not very high because it’s just me. And my house is falling down … The boys share a bedroom and Norah shares a room with me,” Lummus said.
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