Transplant House sold

Wednesday,

February 13, 2002

Transplant

House sold

The Georgia

Transplant Foundation (GTF) is the recipient of a a check for $134,580,

a record amount for one year, from the sale of Brayson Homes' 2000-2001

Transplant House.

Once again

accepting the check in behalf of the foundation was Tom Glavine, the Atlanta

Braves' two-time Cy Young Award winner and a founding member of the organization's

board of directors. The ceremony took place recently in the model home

at Meadow Grove, Brayson Homes' community in Lawrenceville, where the

2000-2001 Transplant House was built.

On hand for

the ceremony were GTF officers and directors; several transplant recipients;

Lawrenceville City Council members Rick Johnson and Bobby Sikes; representatives

from Brayson Homes, a large group of over 50 representatives from Brayson

Homes1 contractors, suppliers and others who donated or gave discounted

prices on labor and materials for the Transplant House; and other invited

guests.

Presenting

the check was Sonny Deavours, founder of Gwinnett-based Brayson Homes,

who received a kidney transplant nine years ago, and Brayson officials

Doug Cross, Larry Kendall and Ken Bray.

The GTF delegation

included Bonnie Bradley of Decatur, executive director; Ann Cowan of Buckhead;

Tommy Smith of Duluth, founder of the foundation and a kidney transplant

recipient; Marc Wisniewski of Decatur, treasurer; Ken Murphy of Decatur,

president-elect and a liver transplant recipient; Pat and Dick Dunkerley

of Dunwoody; Sandy McMath of Stone Mountain, director of patient services;

Pat Sortor of Alpharetta, administrative director; Frank Jakes of Oxford,

a kidney transplant recipient; and six-year-old Tommy Anderson of Sandy

Springs, a heart transplant recipient, who was there with his mother Virginia.

Fred Love,

who with his wife Dottie purchased the 2000-2001 Transplant House, said

that the dwelling is "the perfect home for us." The Loves, who

are moving into Meadow Grove from Lilburn, are living in the Atlanta area

for the second time. They first lived here from 1966 through 1968, then

spent time in several other cities, coming