Local bakery steps up in wake of Hurricane Matthew

Prepared, delivered free hot meals during power outage

Cora Barrs, foreground left, Nikki Cook, center, and Becky Griffin prepare spaghetti plates for distribution at Southern Cakes Bakery on Sunday. Barrs, who owns the bakery, had the idea of preparing the plates for locals who were still without power from Hurricane Matthew. The plates were free for pickup at the bakery and also were delivered to known areas of need throughout the county. - photo by EDDIE LEDBETTER/staff

W spaghetti — Cora Barrs, foreground left, Nikki Cook, center, and Becky Griffin prepare spaghetti plates for distribution at Southern Cakes Bakery on Sunday. Barrs, who owns the bakery, had the idea of preparing the plates for locals who were still without power from Hurricane Matthew. The plates were free for pickup at the bakery and also were delivered to known areas of need throughout the county. - photo by EDDIE LEDBETTER/staff

Sunday was a day for property cleanup or relaxation for many in the Bulloch area as the county began to exhale from the effects of Hurricane Matthew. But not for Cora Barrs, owner of Southern Cakes Bakery on Mill Creek Road. For Barrs and her family and friends, Sunday was a day of giving as she used her bakery to feed the many residents in the area still without power nearly two days after the storm roared through.