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Deputies, Movers Refuse To Evict 103-Year-Old Georgia Woman

Vita Lee, 103, lives in northwest Atlanta.
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Vita Lee, 103, lives in northwest Atlanta.

Vita Lee has lived in her Northwest Atlanta home for 53 years. But after a second mortgage was taken out on her home, she faced foreclosure and police planned to evict her yesterday.

But as Atlanta's WSB-TV reports, once Fulton County sheriff's deputies and the movers looked at the 103-year-old Lee, they declined to move forward with the eviction.

WSBTV reports:

"I saw the sheriffs, who came to put them out, take off and leave. I gave all glory to God," community activist Michael Langford said.

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Channel 2's Ryan Young asked Lee is she was worried about being kicked out of the home. "No, I knew that they know what they were doing. God don't let them do wrong," Lee said.

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"Please don't come in and disturb me no more. When I'm gone you all can come back and do whatever they want to," Lee said.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitutionreportsthe second mortgage is held by Deutsche Bank. Here's WSB's full video report:

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Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.