Wealthy widow, cat lover, leaves $1 million to animal shelter
TEXARKANA, Ark. — Representatives of a late local widow who cared for dozens of cats at a time made her $1 million donation to the Animal Care and Adoption Center official with a ceremony there Thursday.
Attorney John Ross IV and other representatives of the Neva Nell McCormick Trust presented a ceremonial check to the animal shelter's Interim Director Brenda Williamson and city Finance Director TyRhonda Henderson.
"There are going to be some happy cats and dogs," Ross said.
City Manager Kenny Haskin and the Board of Directors will soon decide just how the money will be allocated, Henderson said. Williamson said preliminary plans include renovating the shelter's older buildings to complement a new facility expected to open in late spring or early summer.
"We've already got this new building, but with the money we're going to be able to remodel this old building and use it for our stray animals and puppies. Right now, because this building is so old, it has a lot of diseases in it. Parvo is really bad. Puppies get bad, and they don't survive it.
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