Home will help Joshua survive

  • Laura Thorton and Joshua smile for a photo while in the hospital. Joshua Thorton recently spent 75 days in the hospital after undergoing a tracheotomy.
    Laura Thorton and Joshua smile for a photo while in the hospital. Joshua Thorton recently spent 75 days in the hospital after undergoing a tracheotomy.
  • Fannin County Board of Commission Chairman Jamie Hensley hands over a building permit to Habitat for Humanity of Fannin & Gilmer Counties Executive Director Christopher Hall. The county donated the $250 permit for the organization’s latest home build planned in McCaysville. There in support are, from left, county building inspectors Jody Barfield and Keith Nicholson, Hall, Hensley and Administrative Assistant Candace Newton.
    Fannin County Board of Commission Chairman Jamie Hensley hands over a building permit to Habitat for Humanity of Fannin & Gilmer Counties Executive Director Christopher Hall. The county donated the $250 permit for the organization’s latest home build planned in McCaysville. There in support are, from left, county building inspectors Jody Barfield and Keith Nicholson, Hall, Hensley and Administrative Assistant Candace Newton.
For Laura Thorton, an affordable mortgage and zero down payment means that she will be able to continue giving her 8-year-old son Joshua the care that he so desperately needs to survive. Add to that…

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