Arson victim ‘Miss Pearl’ celebrates with ribbon cutting of new home

Though a Lugoff woman – lovingly called Miss Pearl by her community – lost her home to arson, she had reason to smile Wednesday afternoon.

Community leaders, volunteers and donors held a ribbon cutting for Pearl Brown’s new home on Richardson Court, across the street from what remains of her last home, which was set on fire in the fall of 2014.

Dozens of individuals and companies donated money and goods to help the 75-year-old grandmother, including one business that gifted her a 1,900 square foot home. The company also paid for half of the moving costs to move the mobile home to Lugoff.

Law enforcement believes the suspect was attempting to target a relative and mistakenly burned Brown’s home instead.

This story was originally published May 4, 2016 at 2:59 PM with the headline "Arson victim ‘Miss Pearl’ celebrates with ribbon cutting of new home."