Remembering Those Who Died on April 27, 2011
Here is a list of 252 names belonging to all who lost their lives from the 62 tornadoes that devastated the state of Alabama on April 27, 2011. We share their names so we never forget.
Candice Hope Abernathy, 23
Kammie Abernathy, 5
Rodney Gene Ables, 51
Minnie Acklin, 73
Matthew Chase Adams, 21
Ovella P. Andrews, 81
Jeffrey Artis, 51
Oberia Layton Ashley, 86
Scott Atterton, 23
Milton Edward Baker Sr., 68
Jennifer V. Bayode, 35
Donna Renee Berry, 52
Chelsie Black, 20
Nila Black, 68
Zan Reese Black, 45
Caiden Blair, 2 months
Charlotte Bludsworth, 36
Belinda Boatner, 67
Eddie Joe Bobbitt, 71
Michael Bowers, 3
Gregory John Braden, 58
Samuel Brasfield, 50
Bessie Brewster, 72
Bridget Barnwell Brisbois, 34
Cora L. Brown, 68
Gerald C. Brown, 70
Kathleen Brown, 64
Loryn Brown, 21
Michelle Brown, 43
Mary Bryant, 43
Gene Bullock, 65
Marcella Bullock, 64
Iva Mae Cantrell, 73
James Jerry Clements, 66
Cheryl Denise Cooper, 47
Katie Cornwell, 15
Jeffrey Dewight Cotham, 35
Jack Cox, 78
Robbie Cox, 68
Charlene Crochet, 41
Earl Lewis Crosby Sr., 63
Hugh Graham Davie, 55
Ta' Christianna Dixon, 11 months
Tina Donais, 37
Jonathan Doss, 12
Justin Doss, 10
Ruby Douthitt, 61
Danielle Downs, 24
Chris Dunn, 32
Mike Daworld Dunn, 58
Canatha Hyde Earley, 71
Arielle Edwards, 22
Makayla Edwards, 5
Jewell Ewing, 73
Melgium Farley, 58
Precious Necale Fegans-Hartley, 27
Emma Ferguson, 6
Jeremy Ferguson, 34
Tawnya Ferguson, 32
Harold Fitzgerald, 65
Michael Forrest, 54
Tina Forrest, 49
Carol Lisa Fox, 50
Melissa Ann "Missy" Myers Gantt, 43
Charles Tommy Garner, 75
Mae Garner, 79
Donnie Gentry, 63
Patricia Ann Gentry, 50
Hannah Goins, 3
Kenneth Graham, 56
Linda Graham, 61
Aurelia Guzman, 12
Ruth Hairston, 90
Zora Lee Jones Hale, 80
Milinia Nicole "Nikki" Hammonds, 32
Eddie Hall, 53
Janet Dickinson Hall, 55
Teresa Gay Hall, 50
Ann Hallmark, 54
Jayden Hallmark, 17 months
Jennifer Hallmark, 31
Phillip Hallmark, 56
Shane Hallmark, 37
Kathy Gray Haney, 46
Calvin Hannah, 81
Harold Harcrow, 74
Patricia Harcrow, 75
Cedria Harris, 8
Keshun Harris, 5
Lloyd Winford Harris, 68
Ashley Harrison, 22
Donald Ray Heaps, 48
Robert Gene Hicks, 83
Jerry Lee Hodge, 64
Lester William Hood, 81
Jody Huizenga, 28
Shena Hutchins, 26
Leah Isbell, 7
Ronnie Isbell, 56
Tammy Isbell, 31
Lethel Izell, 86
Carolyn Ann Jackson, 50
Jacqueline Jefferson, 45
Harold "Junior" Jett, 47
Pam Jett, 43
Tammy Johnson, 52
Donna Lee "Leah" Jokela, 77
Kaarlo Jokela, 76
Francis Arvella Jones, 72
Garrett Jones, 25
Jennifer Leonard Jones, 26
Leota Jones, 97
Reba Jones, 75
Bertha S. Kage, 91
James Robert Keller Jr., 67
Helen Kemp, 80
Jeffery Kemp, 60
Reba Kemp, 60
Jimmy Michael Kilgore, 48
Linda Faye Knight, 57
Rickey Ethan Knox, 10
Thelma Krallman, 89
Haley Alexis Kreider, 8
Michael David Kreider, 10
Michelle Pearson Kreider, 30
Davis Lynn Latham, 57
Tennie Mozelle Lancaster, 95
Amy LeClere, 33
Jay W. LeClere, 45
Alice Herren Lee, 74
Lee Andrew Lee, 88
Thomas Carl Lee, 64
Velma T. Leroy, 64
Dorothy Lewis, 61
Henry Lewis, 26
Thomas D. Lewis, 66
Dagmar Leyden, 56
Linda Sue Lipscomb, 63
William Lipscomb, 67
Freddie Lollie, 81
Vickey Lollie, 55
Stella "Mae" Lovell, 97
Carrie Grier Lowe, 26
Frankie Lunsford, 55
John Lynch, 70
Katherine Massa, 70
Lyndon Lee "Doby" Mayes, 74
Mary Mayes, 76
Yvonne Mayes, 61
Cledis Inez McCarley, 69
Sandra Gayle McCrory, 56
Carol Jan McElyea, 67
Courtney McGaha, 15
Ronnie McGaha, 40
Vicki Lynn McKee, 47
Christian A. McNeil, 15 months
William Robert McPherson, 85
Zy'Queria McShan, 2
Martha Michaels, 72
William Michaels, 70
Eula Miller, 80
Melanie Nicole Mixon, 26
Claudia I. Mojica, 38
Edgar Mojica, 9
Bobby Joe Moore, 61
Kelli Thorn Morgan, 24
Michael Morgan, 32
Vernon Spencer Motes, 33
Ernest C. "Ernie" Mundi Jr., 53
Philomena Muotoe, 79
Martha Ann Gray Myers, 67
Kenneth Ray Nation, 64
Edna Lucille Bradley Nix, 89
Faye O'Kelley, 70
Ida Ott, 87
Timothy Ott, 53
Martha Lou Pace, 64
J.W. Parker, 78
Perry Blake Peek, 24
Lola Pitts, 85
Sandra Pledger, 68
Terrilyn Plump, 37
Frederick Post, 72
Deniece Presley, 57
Donald "Duck" Ray, 73
Jacob Ralph Ray, 5
Virginia Revis, 53
Colvin Rice, 78
Kevin Rice, 36
Janice Dorothy Peden Riddle, 54
Roger Glen Riddle, 55
James Romaine, 65
Ester Rosson, 81
Shannon Gail Sampson, 39
Albert Sanders, 44
Angie Sanders, 43
Ramona Sanders-Walker, 47
Ann Satterfield, 81
Herbert Satterfield, 90
Annie Lois Humphries Sayer, 88
Georgia Schribner, 83
Janie Shannon, 80
Shelby Jean Shannon, 58
Judy Sherrill, 62
Morgan Marlene Sigler, 23
Annette Singleton, 45
Helen Smith, 84
Horace Grady Smith, 83
Marcus Smith, 21
Ricky Paul Smith, 55
Peggy Sparks, 55
Leon Spruell, 76
Sylvia Spruell, 69
Wesley Starr, 45
William Chance Stevens, 22
Angel Stillwell, 13
Keenan Jonathan Sullivan, 20
Rachel Renee Tabor, 37
Jack E. Tenhaeff, 67
Allen O'Neal Terry, 49
Herman O’Neal Terry, 80
Justin Le'Eric Thomas, 15
Louella Bell Thompson, 81
Terry Tinker, 50
Sonya Black Trapp, 47
Tracy A. Traweek, 39
Patricia Turner, 55
Willie Lee Turner III, 21
Jackson Van Horn, 24
Ken Vaughn, 24
Daniel Vermillion, 42
Jidal Vermillion, 44
Edward Vuknic, 66
Carroll Dean "C.D." Waller, 76
Gerri Waller, 64
Branen Warren, 13
Lucille Waters, 89
Elizabeth C. White, 25
Judith White, 63
Wayne White, 68
Elease Whited, 75
John Whited, 77
Alan Mark Wideman, 49
Jeanette Cochran Wideman, 52
Nancy L. Wilson, 56
Charlie Andrew Wolfe, 68
Nettie Ruth Wolfe, 68
Rebecca Herren Woodall, 70
Herbert Wooten, 70
Juanita Wooten, 70
Helen Wurm, 98
There was one more death in addition to the 251 listed here; a baby of six months gestation. The mother was seriously injured and went into premature labor after her home on Ray Wyatt Road in St. Clair County was destroyed. She was taken to UAB Hospital; the baby was delivered April 30, 2011 and died May 3, 2011.
Many thanks to ABC 33/40 Chief Meteorologist James Spann for providing this list of names.
For all coverage pertaining to the 10-year anniversary of the April 27, 2011 tornadoes, click here.