Barbara Cole will celebrate the holiday in her new Habit for Humanity home

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December 16, 2016

While Barbara Cole had been in the residence on Forsythe Street in Albany as it was being prepared, this is the first time she entered as owner of the Habitat for Humanity home. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

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A popular Christmas song says, “There’s no place like home for the holidays.” That might not be truer for anyone more than it is for Barbara Cole. On Friday, she became the purchaser of a new home through Flint River Habitat for Humanity.

From left, home-buyer Barbara Cole and Albany Area Chamber of Commerce members Mary Bickerstaff and Donna Gray get ready for Friday’s dedication of Cole’s home at 2523 Forsythe St. in Albany. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Holding part of the ceremonial ribbon as a keepsake, Barbara Cole on Friday begins a tour of her new Flint River Habitat for Humanity home on Forsythe Street in Albany. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

New homeowner Barbara Cole gets a hug from Flint River Habitat for Humanity Board Chair Leslie Boling at Friday’s dedication ceremony for Cole’s new home. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Home-buyer Barbara Cole is greeted by Dougherty County Coroner Michael Fowler at the dedication of her Habitat for Humanity home Friday. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Barbara Cole gets a look at her home of Forsythe Street, which she closed on Friday morning. Flint River Habitat for Humanity dedicated the house nine days before Christmas. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

The residence at 2523 Forsythe St. in Albany, decorated with poinsettia garlands on the porch entrance and above the front door, awaits its new homeowner, Barbara Cole, Friday. Cole is purchasing the house through a partnership with Flint River Habitat for Humanity. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Barbara Cole and Dougherty County Coroner Michael Fowler get ready to cut the ribbon on Cole’s new home, which she is purchasing through a partnership with Flint River Habitat for Humanity. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Flint River Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Scooter Courtney presents new homeowner Barbara Cole with a gift basket of household items from Procter & Gamble at Friday’s dedication of her home at 2523 Forsythe St. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Pastor Tommy Williams of New Nation Learning Center was on hand to see the dedication of the new home of Barbara Cole, who attends the church. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

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Barbara Cole will celebrate the holiday in her new Habit for Humanity home

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