Deal’s Metal donates roof, labor to family battling hard times
Craig Deal (left) and Nathan Ensley, of Deal’s Metal, work to install a metal roof on Kelly and Jerry Cloer’s home on Shumaker Drive on Thursday.
Jerry Cloer hugs his wifey, Kelly, as they talk about the problems they have been having on Thursday.
Sammy Deal (left) and Benny Wilhelm mark a chunk of roofing that they are going to cut on Thursday.
The Cloer family is no stranger to disease. It’s caused death and financial hardship on a family that had just reached the point of “being able to have vacations and make memories,” said Kelly Cloer.
They have struggled to pay bills and substitute a roof on their home that was bruised four years ago.
But that’s about to switch.
After hearing of the Cloer family’s fight with cancer and heart disease, Statesville-based roofing company Deal’s Metal donated the materials and labor — harshly an $8,000 job — to repair the Cloer family’s roof.
The repair — which was expected to be finished Thursday — is a welcome switch from packing the house with rainwater buckets, the family said.
The family spent three years attempting to get their insurance company to cover roof replacement after hailstorm harm in June 2013.
Craig Deal, one of the roofing company’s owners, said he helped because the Cloer family actively gives to their community.
“I’d rather give to a giver,” said Deal, “and them being Duke fans doesn’t hurt, even however I’d do the same for a Carolina fan. I married one.”
Kelly Cloer captains Fresh Hope Baptist Church’s Relay for Life team alongside her mother Reida Allen. The duo took up the cause after Kelly’s father, Frank Allen, died of cancer in 2009. Over five years, the team raised around $30,000 for the American Cancer Society.
“We’re not in a financial situation to help someone right now, but I’d do anything I could for someone,” Kelly said.
The Cloers are facing a year without an income, she said.
Jerry, 40, her spouse, was diagnosed with a infrequent form of cancer on Dec. 1, 2014, Kelly’s bday. He strike the cancer twice, but now it’s back. Doctors say he only has two to three years to live, Kelly said.
“I haven’t seen an expiration date on that man,” she said. “I beg for more time. We have two kids — Landon, fifteen and Logan, thirteen — and he needs to be around to see them graduate and grow up.”
Kelly remembered Logan writing a letter to Santa, telling other children had greater material needs, but all she dreamed was for her dad’s cancer to be cured.
This year witnessed the arrival of heart problems for Reida and Kelly.
Reida underwent a triple bypass surgery in January and Kelly went into cardiac arrest in June.
The financial troubles that began when Jerry lost his 18-year-long job with Toter Inc. following his cancer diagnosis were compounded.
On Wednesday, Jerry’s car, a white two thousand sixteen Mustang GT that he worked his entire life to get — was repossessed, Kelly said.
“She was my mistress,” Jerry said of the car, nicknamed White Lightning. “I could take her out and for a time feel good.”
“I know it sounds crazy, but [the car] was something he could come outside and crank up when he was having a bad day,” Kelly said. “He hardly had any miles on it — Three,300 in sixteen months — because he hasn’t been well.”
Despite their hardships, Jerry’s still in the fight, Kelly said.
“With faith and people like this, we’ve made it,” Kelly said, referring to the Deal’s Metal employees ending the roof. “It’d be nice if we could go back to a time when everyone helped each other.”
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Deal’s Metal donates roof, labor to family battling hard times
Craig Deal (left) and Nathan Ensley, of Deal’s Metal, work to install a metal roof on Kelly and Jerry Cloer’s home on Shumaker Drive on Thursday.
Jerry Cloer hugs his wifey, Kelly, as they talk about the problems they have been having on Thursday.
Sammy Deal (left) and Benny Wilhelm mark a lump of roofing that they are going to cut on Thursday.
The Cloer family is no stranger to disease. It’s caused death and financial hardship on a family that had just reached the point of “being able to have vacations and make memories,” said Kelly Cloer.
They have struggled to pay bills and substitute a roof on their home that was bruised four years ago.
But that’s about to switch.
After hearing of the Cloer family’s fight with cancer and heart disease, Statesville-based roofing company Deal’s Metal donated the materials and labor — toughly an $8,000 job — to repair the Cloer family’s roof.
The repair — which was expected to be finished Thursday — is a welcome switch from packing the house with rainwater buckets, the family said.
The family spent three years attempting to get their insurance company to cover roof replacement after hailstorm harm in June 2013.
Craig Deal, one of the roofing company’s owners, said he helped because the Cloer family actively gives to their community.
“I’d rather give to a giver,” said Deal, “and them being Duke fans doesn’t hurt, even however I’d do the same for a Carolina fan. I married one.”
Kelly Cloer captains Fresh Hope Baptist Church’s Relay for Life team alongside her mother Reida Allen. The duo took up the cause after Kelly’s father, Frank Allen, died of cancer in 2009. Over five years, the team raised around $30,000 for the American Cancer Society.
“We’re not in a financial situation to help someone right now, but I’d do anything I could for someone,” Kelly said.
The Cloers are facing a year without an income, she said.
Jerry, 40, her hubby, was diagnosed with a infrequent form of cancer on Dec. 1, 2014, Kelly’s bday. He hammer the cancer twice, but now it’s back. Doctors say he only has two to three years to live, Kelly said.
“I haven’t seen an expiration date on that man,” she said. “I beg for more time. We have two kids — Landon, fifteen and Logan, thirteen — and he needs to be around to see them graduate and grow up.”
Kelly remembered Logan writing a letter to Santa, telling other children had greater material needs, but all she desired was for her dad’s cancer to be cured.
This year witnessed the arrival of heart problems for Reida and Kelly.
Reida underwent a triple bypass surgery in January and Kelly went into cardiac arrest in June.
The financial troubles that began when Jerry lost his 18-year-long job with Toter Inc. following his cancer diagnosis were compounded.
On Wednesday, Jerry’s car, a white two thousand sixteen Mustang GT that he worked his entire life to get — was repossessed, Kelly said.
“She was my mistress,” Jerry said of the car, nicknamed White Lightning. “I could take her out and for a time feel good.”
“I know it sounds crazy, but [the car] was something he could come outside and crank up when he was having a bad day,” Kelly said. “He hardly had any miles on it — Three,300 in sixteen months — because he hasn’t been well.”
Despite their hardships, Jerry’s still in the fight, Kelly said.
“With faith and people like this, we’ve made it,” Kelly said, referring to the Deal’s Metal employees completing the roof. “It’d be nice if we could go back to a time when everyone helped each other.”
