One of the new owners is Dr. Steve Rigdon, who is on the board for the Historical Society. He is one of the four who bought it; the other buyers are Fred W. "Buck" Rigdon, Skip Hill and Red Hill.

They plan to keep Town Terrace as it is, hoping to bring it back to what it was in its glory days.

" All architectural historians who come through Tifton say that this motel is unique and representative of an area that doesn't exist anymore and that it needs to be preserved," Dr. Rigdon said. "Ms. Van Gundy has done a great job of that through the years and we hope to carry on the tradition."

Their early plans for renovation include basic repairs. They hope to maintain Town Terrace as a motel in operation as it is now, making as few changes as possible while gradually bringing it back to what it was at its peak.

"It’s clean up, fix up, paint and preserve," Rigdon said. "I think any community that doesn't look after and preserve the unique aspects of its past can't really hope to have that healthy of a future. Things like the pink motel are the things that make us like no other place in America."

As for Violet Van Gundy, she says she could never leave Tifton, which has been her home for so long, and while she's sad to let the motel go she is ready to start a new chapter of her life in a new home.

Violet Van Gundy said she never could have been able to accomplish the sale or the move without the help of Dwana Coleman and Mark McGill of ERA Coleman Overstreet Realty.

“It has been such a joy, and I never dreamed I would need a Realtor. Well, if Dwana is a Realtor, she is an angel sent from Heaven. She is still coming by after the sale, and she helped me get my new home,” Violet Van Gundy said.

Coleman said she is “proud to be a part of Tifton's Historical preservation, as Tifton would not be the same without the Pink Motel.”