Carol Tarpley jokes despite her reluctance to buy their current home, her husband Mickey went ahead and surprised her with the purchase anyway — and she couldn’t be happier with the folk Victorian historic house the couple has made their home.
The Herren-Wilder house as it is often referred to in historic terms was on the Tallapoosee Historical Society’s Christmas tour fundraiser more than a decade ago where it initially caught the Tarpleys’ eyes.
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