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BY BOBBY ROSS JR. | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
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When no one answered the
woman’s door, the volunteer
allowed only momentary disap-
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a tree after an EF-4 tornado hit.
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next house.
‘We got everything!” he told an
extended family working outside a
residence with a tarped roof. ‘We
got hot meals! We got hot coffee!”
They accepted a box full of
cooked barbecue meat and a half-
dozen bottles of Gatorade. They
shared that two other relatives
— Keith and Cathy Selby — had
lived nearby and died in the storm.
“Man, the Church of Christ has
been amazing,” said an appre-
ciative Danny Hughes, while
another of the group joked that
she had gained 5 pounds as a
result of the storm.
Across Middle Tennessee, 25
people died as seven tornadoes
touched down along an 80-mile
See RELIEF, Page 6
COOKEVILLE, Tenn.
ike Luke wore a bright
orange “Disaster
Assistance Church of
Christ” T-shirt as he
steered a four-wheel vehicle
carrying food and supplies for
tornado victims toward a ravaged
neighborhood.
Near a hill lined with 18 memo-
rial crosses remembering victims
of an EF-4 twister that struck
March 3, the Christian cattle
farmer waved at National Guard
troops directing traffic.
On the seat beside him rested
a red velvet cake — a favorite
treat casually mentioned by a
homeowner cleaning up debris
the previous day. Luke decided
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Memorial crosses near the March 3 tornado path in Cookeville, Tenn., pay tribute to 18 people killed in Putnam County. A 19th Cookeville-area victim later died.
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COOKEVILLE,Tenn. — Just three nights before
the unimaginable happened, Izzy Stevens,
17, laughed with her 4-year-
old friend, Hattie Jo Collins,
across a table at Pizza Hut.
Hattie, known for her
colorful headbands adorned
with flowers, rainbows and
unicorns, was the daughter
of youth minister Matt
Collins and his wife, Macy.
“Hattie was the sweetest, evens
sassiest, happiest, cutest little girl ever,”
Izzy said of the blond bundle of energy —
one of five children and 14 adults killed
March 3 when an EF-4 tornado battered
this community 80 miles east of Nashville.
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