Country music star Morgan Wallen made a surprise appearance in Greene County Wednesday to meet with flood victims, volunteers, and first responders.
Jeff Idell, among the volunteers with Aidnet, helped arrange Wallen’s schedule and tour of Greene County. Wallen arrived at the Emergency Operations Center just after 3PM and took the time to shake hands and thank those stationed there. Wallen thanked the volunteers and first responders for being there to help in times of need.
Wallen’s motorcade traveled through town to Jones Bridge Road where it stopped long enough for Wallen to see how the river had scoured trees from the river side. He then stopped at the home of Patty Kell, who lives beside the old Rainbow Bridge over Camp Creek where it empties into the Nolichuckey. Kell told Wallen the river came up so quickly her family didn’t have time to get out.
Wallen then went to Davy Crockett Drive which turns off the Asheville Highway just before the river. Several homes there were damaged by the flood, including the home of Stephen and Tallie Gregg. Waters rose nearly to the ceiling, and the home has been stripped down to the studs. Stephen Gregg told Wallen that all those who had come to the house to help had been asked to write their favorite bible verse on the studs. Wallen chose a passage from Psalms that read, in part, “He brought me up from the desolate pit, out of the muddy clay.”
Wallen finished his visit with a stop at the old skating rink which has been turned into a storage and distribution site by the Cowboy Church.
See videos below of Wallen’s visit:
Wallen visiting with Patty Kell
