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When it’s time to move, this Memphian helps people relocate ‘with peace in the process’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: July 21, 2025 10:09 AM CT | Published: July 20, 2025 4:00 AM CT

Gay Hammond found herself overwhelmed by a mountainous stack of cardboard boxes after she returned to her newly remodeled home three years after a flood made it uninhabitable. 

Hammond, 83, lost her husband years before and recently underwent heart surgery, so she asked her son Josh Hammond, co-owner of Buster’s Liquors and Wines, to find someone in his network to help her go through it all.

Through a friend’s recommendation and a Facebook follow, Josh Hammond found Stacey Saed and her business Annestasis.

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Sophia Surrett

Sophia Surrett

Sophia Surrett is a recent University of Alabama graduate, where she received her B.A. in news media and M.A. in journalism and media studies. She covers commercial real estate, economic development, residential real estate, restaurant real estate, and hospitality and tourism.


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