Tyler Perry To Rebuild Elderly Woman’s Home After Fire
Movie mogul Tyler Perry wants to give one Atlanta grandmother an exceptional Christmas present this year.
The filmmaker has promised to rebuild 88-year-old Rosa Lee Ransby’s home after it was destroyed by a fire she and her four-year-old great-granddaughter escaped from last Tuesday, WSBTV reported.
“It’s just good, you know. I didn’t think I had no friends, but I found I got some,” Ransby, a great-grandmother of seven, told the local television news station.
Ransby had lost most of her possessions when a fire engulfed her home of 40 years. According to WSBTV, county fire fighters have received dozens of calls since they began soliciting donations to help the great-grandmother out.
But the most generous donation came in from Perry, the multi-millionaire behind “Why Did I Get Married?” and “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne.”
After Perry saw coverage of the devastating fire on television, the Atlanta-raised entertainer visited Ransby’s home Thursday and promised to rent her a house on the same street for a year, pay for utilities, buy her furniture and build her a brand new place to live on the same property.
Firefighters were nearly speechless over Perry’s offer.
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