JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The confirmed death toll in Mississippi from Monday’s tornadoes stood at 12 on Wednesday afternoon.
Of the dead, 9 were in Winston County. County coroners identified the dead as:
LEE COUNTY
- Cassandra Blansett, 39, of Lee County. Died when her car slid off Palmetto Road near Verona.
RANKIN COUNTY
- Sharon Pell, 49, of Richland. Died when a tornado threw her car about 200 yards off Old Highway 49 into a field near a fire station.
ISSAQUENA COUNTY
- Nicky Lee Painter, 56, of Greenville. Died when his minivan hydroplaned off U.S. Highway 61 and struck a pickup truck.
WINSTON COUNTY
- Ruth Bennett, 53. Died at the daycare center she operated in Louisville, Ruth’s Child Care Center.
- Dora Triplett, 64. Found on Eiland Avenue in Louisville.
- Catherine Ferguson, 55. Found in the rural community of Plattsburg southwest of Louisville.
- Gregory Jernigan, 60. Found at the Eiland Plaza apartments in Louisville.
- Sarah Massey, 85. Found in Louisville. No additional details available.
- Jerry Carter, 61. Found injured on Eiland Avenue and died later at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
- Leonard Carter, 38. Found at the Eiland Plaza apartments
- Terri Tucker, 31, and Sean Fowler, 44. Found blown into a wooded area a half mile from their destroyed home in Louisville. Their 8-year-old son is missing.
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