Moultrie’s first Habitat house is paid off
Published 8:57 pm Saturday, June 9, 2018
- Anita Gamble, left, purchased the home from the Colquitt County Habitat for Humanity in August 2002 and recently paid off her mortgage. She and her grandson, Ameri Spradley, right, were among the celebrants Thursday.
MOULTRIE, Ga. — United Way of Colquitt County held a note-burning ceremony Thursday for the owners of the first Habitat for Humanity house in Moultrie.
Anita Gamble purchased the home from the Colquitt County Habitat for Humanity in August 2002 and recently paid off her mortgage. She and her grandson, Ameri Spradley were among the celebrants Thursday.
Jacqueline Roberts donated the land to the Colquitt County Habitat group; Gamble’s was the first home to be built there and now the area is a neighborhood of families and homes.
Colquitt County Habitat for Humanity ceased to exist in 2013 and gave its remaining assets to the United Way.
