Grief and guilt over Texas flooding deaths
The grief. The guilt. The giant fog. Matt Collins can’t help but experience the catastrophic Texas flooding — especially the deaths of children in a…
Cookeville
‘Momma, I can see Jesus’
COOKEVILLE, TENN. — Not long before the tornado that claimed her life, 4-year-old Hattie Jo Collins asked a question. The blond bundle of energy was riding…
13-year-old tornado victim ‘absolutely loved the Lord’
Thirteen-year-old Bridgett McCormick had just started to come out of her shell and get involved with the other youth group members at the Sycamore Church…
Volunteer State
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Mike Luke wore a bright orange “Disaster Assistance Church of Christ” T-shirt as he steered a four-wheel vehicle carrying food and supplies…
After tornado, a teen serves her community while grieving her 4-year-old friend
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…
Tennessee tornado stories
Tennessee is Church of Christ country. The Volunteer State has roughly 200,000 adherents of the fellowship, according to a national directory published by 21st Century…
Singing ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’ in memory of 2-year-old Sawyer
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Two-year-old Sawyer Kimberlin had a podium, a pitch pipe, a microphone and a songbook. “His passion was leading others in songs of…
President Trump tours Church of Christ tornado relief center
Standing amid rows of boxes bearing the words “Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort,” President Donald Trump talked Friday to survivors of this week’s tornadoes…
Tennessee church mourning the lost, helping neighbors recover
The days are starting to run together for those at the Double Springs Church of Christ in Cookeville, Tenn., as church members work to help…
Three more members of Churches of Christ confirmed dead in tornadoes, bringing total to six
A Tennessee congregation is mourning a family of three — including the minister's daughter, son-in-law and young grandson — killed in the tornadoes that claimed…
