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ahr Daily (Tar Hrrl w Billie Jean Greene cries after thinking her two children might be taken by Chatham County Social Services. “There's a lot of times she cries. It makes me sad to see her cry," Shannon Greene, her husband, says. After losing their fourth home in a fire in January, the Greenes moved to Chapel Hill searching for refuge. "I've heard her say a few times she felt like giving up," Shannon says. “I just tell her to keep going we re breathing.’ ii£ |g t. ? ' Jll||§ $ '•&*'”* \< •m^^'Wßb-' . ' >slOta|&/ >tTV Reduced weekend routes forced the Greene family to walk to the women's shelter on Saturdays. The Greene family now lives in a duplex in the area. Ha T~ ■t, ’*** Z^ljlf* Shannon and Billie lean search the remnants of their devastated home in Bear Creek. 'Everything we had worked for was all gone,' Billie Jean says. STARTING OVER a photo story by John W.Adkisson himiqippp . IJ, yj||j j \ By & .rtiltlfti lllii 1.,. 1 ' Arifi* 4dßp . tf s Mv; Mitchell moves drawers into his family’s new home in Chapel Hill. The family received aid from Joel Duvall, a local real estate agent. 'To me he's an angel,' Shannon Greene says. 'lt's very important to me to see that they have a good life from this moment on." ) m -i Above: Shannon Greene gets his leg X-rayed at N.C. Memorial Hospital after experiencing a fit of pain. After his motorcycle accident in February 2005, doctors inserted screws and rods to hasten the healing process. Left: Shannon, Billie Jean, Mitchell and Micheal Greene wait for a Chapel Hill Transit bus on Franklin Street on their way to Wal-Mart. The family depends on the bus to travel to meetings with social services and doctor's appointments. MONDAY. APRIL 14. 2008 9
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