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Gene Frenette: Humble beginnings led to thankful Allen Hurns

Oh, life is good now, a far cry from all those years of juggling two jobs — running a childcare service during the day, then working nights at Winn-Dixie, Wal-Mart or Burger King to make ends meet. Erica eventually went back to high school and graduated, then obtained an AA degree from Broward College while her son Allen Hurns was attending the University of Miami.

She moved to Jacksonville with her mother, Mary Wilson, and Daryl (who owns an automobile paint-chipping business) in February after Hurns bought her a four-bedroom house on the Southside. On Tuesday, the Jaguars receiver took Erica to a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Jacksonville to purchase an early Christmas present, a fully-loaded C300.