Nancy Berry’s trailer in the Boone town served as her family’s farm and a haven in the mountains for more than 40 years.
It served as both her place to make new memories with loved ones and her place to store the memories of the deceased. In the same trailer, her mother passed away.
However, it only took a few hours for Hurricane Helene to completely destroy everything.
The 77-year-old is currently attempting to preserve what is left. Still drenched from the floodwaters, she has arranged relics of her past and her home on her bed.
On top of the pile, her son’s death certificate from when he died of Covid three years ago.
“I took hold of it and arranged it,” she said to the reporter. “I have to safeguard the past of my family. However, a lot of it is lost.
Nancy Berry flips through photo albums of her relatives.
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Ms. Berry was saved by her great-niece, who assisted her in wading through three to four feet of water.
Thank God for cell phones, because they kept phoning. You never know what might have happened in the past, Ms. Berry reflected.
Upon the arrival of her great-niece, she discovered Ms. Berry attempting to salvage a few items by it.
