Queen’terica Jones found her mother's lifeless body after a tornado slammed into the rural town of Rolling Fork, Mississippi
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“She was amazing. A sweetheart," Jones said. “I mean, ain’t nobody perfect. Everybody goes through something, but our mom — everybody that’s known our mom knows she had a heart of gold.”over the weekend. The toll was especially steep in Sharkey County, in western Mississippi, where Moore was among 13 people who died in a county of 3,700 residents.“I had to identify family, that’s what it felt like,” Eason said. “When something like this happens, we tend to come together even closer.
Lonnie's friends and neighbors say the retired welder was fond of hunting and bass fishing. Melissa volunteered for a local Christian charity that operates a small thrift store. Once the storm passed, Jermain Wells, a neighbor of the Pierces, went door-to-door searching for survivors in need. When he got to the wreckage of the couple’s home, there was nothing he could do.April Johnson, a mother of five, was killed while working the cash register at a discount store in town. The storm destroyed the business.
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