Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Names Released for Jasper and Barry County Tornado Victims

The county coroners in Barry and Jasper counties have released the names of the 2 people that perished there in Saturday's tornadoes.

In Jasper county, 17 year-old Casey Coggins was killed as the storms brought a tree down into the trailer her family lived in.

In the Barry County community of Purdy, Kelly Kisler, Jr. was killed while visiting some friends in a mobile home. While the rest had hid under furniture in the living room, he was attempting to get to the bathroom when the tornado struck.

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