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Family plans to honor hurricane victim using logs from fallen tree that killed him

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Charles Dean loved living in his South Carolina neighborhood, with its manicured lawns and towering trees. It reminded him of his childhood growing up in a family that has run a lumber business since the early 1900s. It was one of those giant trees that ended up killing him when Hurricane Helene whipped through Greenville last week and uprooted a red oak that crashed into his apartment. But rather than discarding the tree, the his relatives plan to use some of its wood to craft a beautiful bench honoring his memory.

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