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New home comes with a bonus

Former Falcon greets family, helped furnish Habitat house

Former NFL star Warrick Dunn, left, prepares to lead a surprised Heather Walls and sons DaeMonte Nicholson and Javaris Ferrell, back, to their new fully furnished Habitat for Humanity home Friday morning on Ridgemont Trace in Gainesville.

0526habitat3 — Former NFL star Warrick Dunn, left, prepares to lead a surprised Heather Walls and sons DaeMonte Nicholson and Javaris Ferrell, back, to their new fully furnished Habitat for Humanity home Friday morning on Ridgemont Trace in Gainesville.

Heather Walls was working for a catering company a few years ago when she got the autograph of former Falcons running back Warrick Dunn. On Friday, she was driven up to her brand-new Habitat for Humanity home expecting some kind of surprise. But she wasn’t expecting to be greeted by Dunn.