Governor helps dedicate Girls Ranch memorial

Candace Gulley is thankful Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey helped officially dedicate a memorial to eight Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch children Tuesday. But in Gulley’s mind, the memorial took on meaning when her husband Tommy helped design, construct and install the memorial in the months since the tragic death of Bella, Ben, Dana, Haley, Josiah, Makenzie, Nicholas and Tia.

“It was the thing he wanted to do,” Gulley said. “He wanted something here to be on display to represent our children. He worked with his buddy down in Mobile Alafab. Alafab donated all of the materials. Then their staff worked on lunch breaks and off time to build it.”