19-year-old killed by falling tree during Tropical Storm Debby had just moved to area 2 days before

MOULTRIE, Ga. — A 19-year-old man who was killed when a tree fell on his home in Moultrie during Tropical Storm Debby had just moved to the area days before, according to family friends.

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Derrien Razz lived with his aunt, Emonee Porter, and took care of her three young children while she worked the night shift, according to a GoFundMe.

The family had just moved to Moultrie two days before the storm hit.

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Porter works as a caregiver. Her charge’s daughter, Liza Zeanah, set up the GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses.

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“Her nephew, Darrion Razz, left the room the kids and Emonee were in to grab something from his room. Just as he was about to leave his room, a 70 +/- year huge pine tree fell on his room and killed him,” Zeanah wrote. “Everyone is devastated! Emonee doesn’t have money to get his body sent from Moultrie to a town in south Florida to be buried by his grandmother.”

Razz was the only fatality from the storm in Georgia.

You can donate to the GoFundMe HERE.

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