Detroit centenarian who was evicted from her home dies at 103

Detroit centenarian who was evicted from her home dies at 103

Detroit — Texana Hollis, a centenarian who was once evicted from her Detroit home two years ago after failing to pay $59.95 in property taxes, has died.

Mrs. Hollis died at her Detroit home on Dec. 31, 2013, from natural causes, said her granddaughter Deborah Hollis-Coburn. She was 103.

“She was a God-fearing, caring and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and friend,” said Hollis-Coburn, 49, of Tracy, Calif.

Texana Hollis’ eviction from her home at the age of 101 was national news. She had lived at the house on Carbondale near Livernois and Tireman in southwest Detroit for 60 years.

Mrs. Hollis’ son Warren Hollis took out a $32,000 reverse mortgage from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the house in 2002. He told The Detroit News he spent half of the money to fix the leaky roof of the 1920s house.