OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. — Should they stay or should they go?

Many people living in one local town are considering packing up and moving out after Flood 2011.

Others are hopeful things can turn around.

More than four months after floodwaters soaked the community of Olive Branch, Illinois, they are coming together to put the past behind them and start again.

But it may be too late for one homeowner.

Flood 2011 forced many people in Olive Branch out of their homes. On this Labor Day, the community is coming together for the first time since the flood.

"No words can explain this. It's just ridiculous."

In April, Lucille Masterson said she felt alone.

"You can see water marks on the wall."

More than nine feet of water inundated her home and destroyed her nearby motel business.

"I hate to even come in here," she said.

But now she said it's a good place to get some support.

"It's good that we all can get together after what we went through."

She is just one of several hundred people who turned out for the town's 30th Labor Day picnic.

Wendy Vaughn helped organize the event and said it is just what the town needed.

"With the flood and everything, it has brought people closer together. It's made the community unite a little bit."

Masterson said it's helped keep her mind at ease. She lost her husband, home and business within a year of each other and said she's thankful for what her town is doing.

"We can all sit up there and sing together and old classmates and it's a good day."

Even though she appreciates the town's support, Masterson said it's time for her to move out and move on.

At age 72, she said she doesn't have the strength to rebuild.

All proceeds from the picnic will go toward making repairs to the town's community center. While it wasn't affected by the floods, it was used as a shelter, so there was a lot of wear and tear.

Masterson said she will likely move closer to one of her sons in Missouri.

She has applied for FEMA assistance but is still waiting for a check to help clean up her nine motel units.