ATLANTA — Entertainment mogul Tyler Perry is offering to rebuild the home of an 88-year-old great-grandmother who lost all her belongings in a fire.
Rosa Lee Ransby and her 4-year-old great-granddaughter escaped the fire Tuesday that destroyed her home of 40 years in Coweta County, southwest of Atlanta. Coweta County firefighters began soliciting donations, and calls flooded in.
With the community’s help, Ransby was in a new home within 48 hours after the fire.
“It’s just good, you know. I didn’t think I had no friends, but I found out I got some,” Ransby told an Atlanta TV station.
The Atlanta-based filmmaker visited Ransby’s neighborhood Thursday and pledged to rent her a house for a year, pay for her utilities, buy her furniture and then build her a new home.
“It’s made my Christmas,” said Coweta Fire Chief Todd Moore. “I’ve been doing this a long time, seen a lot of bad things come and go, but this is special.”
