This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Milbrey Starnes.

A longtime Chapel Hill native, Milbrey passed away on May 15, 2018. She was very involved in the community and spent many hours volunteering with the Chapel Hill Fire Department.

Ron Stutts spoke with Deputy Fire Marshal Dace Bergen and several other members of the community about the impact Milbrey had.

“Her relationship with us goes back twelve, thirteen years. Back when the town had the Chapel Hill museum, she was a volunteer there and she assisted with fire safety education to school children of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Then about ten years ago, we started a fire safety puppet show, “Johnny joins the fire department,” and Milbrey was one of the core members. As time progressed and as I joined the team about eight years ago, she was already there.” – Bergen

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