Taeden Johnson, a 12-year-old Athenian, lost his mother, sister and grandmother in a house fire Wednesday at Hallmark Manufactured Housing on Spring Valley Road. Now, his former mentor, Zac Hendrix, has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for Johnson s future.
Johnson s mother, Penyada Fields, 35, his grandmother, Penny Fields, 54, and his sister, Mariah Fields, 9, died in the fire, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. Johnson was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police Department report.
Hendrixâs GoFundMe for Johnson has a $500,000 goal and has raised over $77,000 as of press time. The page also asks for those who are able to donate clothes for Johnson and his half-sister, who was not home at the time of the fire.