Family and friends of Eunice Jack gathered at the trailer for an August 31 dedication.
Doris Alexander, a volunteer case worker, has know the Jack family all of her life and said, “You couldn’t have chosen a better family.”
“These are Christian people,” Alexander said. “They are hard working and they’re community minded people. They are a group that prays together. They love each other and they do for each other when there’s a need and we appreciate that about them. You’ve chosen well.”
Mae Jack said the new trailer is a prayer answered.
“Thank y’all. Y’all just don’t know what you’ve done for us,” said. “We’ve been praying and fasting for this for the longest and God has answered our prayers.”
Jennifer Williams, diocesan director of Catholic Social and Community Services, said the assistance rendered by the City of Lucedale in helping to move the Jacks into the new trailer has been invaluable.
(Story continues below)
Subscribe to our daily newsletter
“We’ve built house across the gulf coast and a little north of the gulf coast and the City of Lucedale has, by far, been the most active in the recovery of its residents,” she said.
“It’s really nice to see a community be what that word means – a true community in helping each other out.”
Lucedale City Clerk Kathy Johnson summed up the day with three words.