Articles written by Alexis Taylor

Alexis Taylor, AFRO|Sep 28, 2012

BALTIMORE, Md.--Any day now a Fanny Mae representative could padlock Sharon Marie Smith out of the house she’s called home for 37 years. Smith, 67, has become frazzled at the thought of having to move off the property on Winston Avenue in Baltimore, which also happens to be the last place she shared with her late husband, Charles James Smith. The 80-year-old died on Feb. 17, 2011, leaving behind his wife, two children from a previous relationship. And he took with him the deed to the house Smith said she alone paid “cash money” for almos...