Stories

May 23, 2025

Haley

Helping Haley: Rebuilding Lives and Resting Places in Yancey County

HopeMill is collaborating with other local nonprofits to help facilitate and fund a dual project in Yancey County this summer. We were introduced to Haley and her family when her Pappaw reached out asking for help fixing their home that was destroyed by the Cane River. When we arrived the first thing we noticed were tombstones, vaults, and caskets in what used to be their front yard. A privately owned cemetery with several family plots had been washed away by the roaring river during Hurricane Helene months prior, most of which have also suffered loss and destruction during Helene personally.  With tombstones now scattered along their yard and black mold

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