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Dellarontay Readus had everything going for him. Last year he was accepted in all eight Ivy League schools, decided on a school, and was scheduled to start classes this fall at Stanford University, where he has a full scholarship.

But a few weeks ago, just a month before starting classes, his mother Lynn Readus passed away unexpectedly and without life insurance. And as any caring son would do, he was willing to do anything to see that she had a proper burial.

“I can’t do anything else but cry,” confessed Readus. “My momma was honestly my reason for everything I’ve ever done.”

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So he decided that he was going to use his college savings to bury his mom.

“Even if I was to give away everything I have currently, it still wouldn’t be enough,” he said. “So it was just like a really, really, really bad situation.”

…basically it all comes down to the fact that we’re poor and we don’t have anything.” The family never wanted to ask for money, but when someone convinced him to set up a GoFundMe page, the community stepped up, big time.

Teen Decided To Use College Savings To Pay For Mom’s Funeral; You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next  was originally published on blackdoctor.org

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