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Jean's Angels, a Moncks Corner nonprofit serving underprivileged individuals throughout the Lowcountry, was recently awarded over $200,000 in grants from Lowe's Home Improvement and the Town of Moncks Corner. (WCIV)tighe1.jpg

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCIV) — Jean's Angels, a Moncks Corner nonprofit serving underprivileged individuals throughout the Lowcountry, was recently awarded over $200,000 in grants from Lowe's Home Improvement and the Town of Moncks Corner.

Katrina Carpenter and her non-profit were awarded $125,000 as part of Lowe's Home Improvement's "Lowe's Hometowns" program.

Jean's Angels was chosen "out of a hundred groups" nominated in South Carolina, according to Carpenter. Lowe's selects 100 community projects per year through 2026, investing a total of $100 million across the country, according to their website.

That money is already going to good use for Jean's Angels. The nonprofit purchased a shed to house items for the individuals they help, new signage for their building, and a fence. They also began construction on a 4,000 square foot resource center to house vital items.Along with the help from Lowe's, the Town of Moncks Corner is chipping in $80,000 to help power up the large storage unit.

"Instead of us having our give-a-ways once a month or once every two months, now we're able to serve the community four days a week to provide them with much needed essential items for them and their families," said Carpenter.

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Carpenter said running the nonprofit can be overwhelming at times.

"Everyday I get about 30, 40 phone calls of someone needing a place to stay," she said. "Someone needing a shower, someone just needing a hot meal."

Carpenter said the grant from Lowe's will help extend the reach of Jean's Angels, and both the home improvement company and nonprofit are proud of the partnership.

"The company looks at where we want to put our name on, and what we think would be the best investment in the community of the customers that shop with us," said Ben Duncan, a Lowe's store manager. "And this was one. So we are extremely proud and blessed to be involved."

To learn more about Jean's Angels, click here.

Updated: Nov. 9, 2024 at 4:39 AM PST

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCSC) - The alleged delay in installing gravesite markers at a Moncks Corner cemetery is causing upset among loved ones.

Edna Essington and her brother, William Champion, purchased burial plots at Plantation Memorial Gardens in 1987. As of April 23 of that year, the plot and marker were paid for, according to internment records.

Champion passed in August of 2023. The family designed his marker with a steam engine train car, the same figurine he was buried with.

Fifteen months later, his marker is still missing.

“We signed a contract with them, my parents, my brother, myself, my sister and her husband,” Essington said. “It’s been so long since Bill passed away in August, to now, and nothing.”

Essington claimed she spoke to the cemetery staff in October and they told her the foundry did not have a set date for delivery or installation.

“Waited, waited and waited. I called again, and they told me the foundry they ordered his headstone from was holding it up,” Essington said. “I don’t know what to do from here. I really don’t.”

In a state hearing in September, overhead company Faithful Heritage Holdings testified issues with the bronze company which makes certain gravesite markers. The group also testified to having a full-time on-site worker who is responsible for installing markers that were delivered to the grounds.

Photos provided by loved ones at the cemetery show dozens of markers worth thousands of dollars, uncovered and waiting to be placed.

One of those markers belonged to William “Bill” Bradshaw, Champion’s nephew, who lost his son in February.

“My son’s came in four to five weeks ago, instead of setting it, they waited four to five weeks and thankfully did it today,” Bradshaw said. “Why should we wait four to five weeks? You’re paying three or four grand for these markers. For them to sit out here on the ground and nobody mounts them is disappointing.”

His son’s marker was installed on Friday by cemetery staff.

“It’s been frustrating as a family to go through this, we want closure for these graves, and you have to wait months and months for it to happen. It’s not fair,” William “Bill” Bradshaw said.

“I just can’t settle down and say he’s safe. It’s very frustrating and it makes me very angry,” Essington said. “Other people have paid their money too. Is theirs the same as ours? Have their things been paid for, and they’re waiting around too?”

In 2019, another family claimed a similar issue where their prepaid headstones were not installed.

Plantation Memorial Gardens did not respond to repeated calls for comment from Live5News.

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