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81-year-old lives in car parked outside of dilapidated South Memphis home

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An 81-year-old South Memphis woman has fallen on hard times and needs help. One of her neighbors called WREG to inform us that the woman was living in her car in the driveway of her dilapidated home. Christine Marshall, 81, is hoping people can come together and help her out. If you drive along South Parkway West in South Memphis, you will see a dilapidated blue house with a Hyundai sedan in the driveway, that's where you'll find Marshall, who neighbors call, 'Mama.' She is non-verbal and communicates with a pen and notepad. She wrote to WREG that she has throat cancer. Mama told WREG she had lived in the home for 30 years, until a neighbor's tree that extended over her roof for years, later collapsed, leaving permanent damage to her home. Insurance will not fix it, and the home is now unlivable, so Mama has slept in her car for the last three years. Darron Rivers, who lives in the neighborhood and gives Mama water bottles and ice cubes to stay cool, says this can't go on. 'This don't make no sense, the tree must have fell on it, and didn't nobody do nothing but put this rag on top, cause last year when I looked at it during the winter, it doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense,' said Darron Rivers, neighbor. 'And it's hot out here, and her house is falling in, she's sleeping in her car, ain't nobody around here paying her no attention, you've got four churches over here that does what? Nothing!' said Rivers. A GoFundMe has been set up to help Christine Marshall. Friday, Christine Marshall's son, who set up the GoFundMe account, posted the following update: 'I want to thank the city of Memphis and the people from out of state for putting their arm around me and showing that they have love for me. I didn't realize so many people cared. When you do right by people right follows you everywhere you go and I tried to do that all my life thank you and God bless you.' Antoine Hardin Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword