Olive Branch teacher who lost home gets help from coworkers
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. — An Olive Branch teacher is opening up to WREG about losing her home. For some of her coworkers, it’s the first time they heard anything about it, so they decided to see if they could help and reached out to us to pass it on.
Marcia Naylor, a recent widow, lost her husband and then lost her home. She shared her story on WREG in early April in hopes of warning others about how she fell victim to what she says was a scam that caused her to lose her family home of 20 years.
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“He said he would borrow money against my house to give me wiggle room,” Naylor said. “I didn’t sign anything. He asked me to share with him a copy of the deed of trust to my home.”
That decision proved costly for Naylor, an Olive Branch math teacher, and the two grandchildren she’s raising. They were forced to move out of their home after a judge’s ruling.
“This quit claim deed that he has in his possession. He upholds that document and tells me I have to be out of my home and that I’ve been squatting in my home,” Naylor said.
Her coworkers at Olive Branch Middle are now stepping up to help.
“I know that she has expenses with moving because she had to move from her old home to the new home,” a coworker named Mrs. Jones said. “She’s caregiving for two small grandchildren. And so we know there are expenses for those small babies that we want to help out with.”
We have Mrs. Jones hold out her hand and we begin to pass it on.
“Five hundred, 600. Ready to pass it on. I am ready,” she said.
The principal sends for Naylor and when she walks in, they reveal she’s been nominated for the Pass It On money. She comes through the door, and they begin to pass it on.
“We all know about your situation, and we just want to show you love and support,” Mrs. Jones said. “So we have $300 from News Channel Three, $100, $200, $300. And we have another $300 from the anonymous donor. $100, $200, $300 for a total of $600.”
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“You think you’re the only one going through anything. And then once I did share just to see how my folks have rallied around me, to know that I’m a part of something bigger than just me and that somebody actually cares about, you know, what it is that I’m going through. It’s a good feeling,” Naylor said.
She and her grandchildren found a nearby place to rent, and she’s taken her case to the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office.
“I filed a complaint there, and I’m waiting to hear where we can move, what we can do, how to do things on that one. I’ve also involved the county prosecutor in Marshall County,” Naylor said.
She’s thankful for all who’ve embraced her during this time. It gives her hope.
“Me being on this journey is bigger than me,” Naylor said. “I don’t know why I was the one chosen for it, but I guess my shoulders are big enough to carry this load.”
Naylor is not only teaching but she’s also driving the bus before and after school to help make ends meet. Her coworkers also took up a sizeable donation for her in addition to the “pass it on” money.
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