VILONIA, AR – “It’s one year but it feels like yesterday,” said Tim Hunter.
From their new home in Vilonia, Tim and his wife Vicki shared with us how they huddled with Jeffrey Hunter in their bathroom April 27th 2014.
Tim explained, “[Vicki and Jeffrey] were inside the tub and I was just on the side of it and we all just held on.”
Debris started hitting the outside of the home and the walls began to come down around them as the EF-4 tornado tore their neighborhood and eventually ripped each one of them away from each other.
Jeffrey was one of 16 killed but it was what he did moments before that lives on today.
20 miles away and out of harms way, Jeffrey’s mother Regina Wood received a series of texts.
“Goodbye mama … it’s heading right for me,” they read.
“He had the courage in the face of tornado of that size to do that was pretty amazing,” Regina shared. “That’s a memory I will have the rest of my life.”
Jeffrey had the wherewithal to message not only his mom but other loved ones not there with him at the time a final goodbye.
He messaged several family members and even posted tornado alerts on Facebook warning others.
His sister’s and rest of his family are filled with pride with how Jeffrey’s remembered now.
Tim added, “He will not be forgotten and neither will the rest of the people that lost their lives that day.”
From their new home in Vilonia, Tim and his wife Vicki shared with us how they huddled with Jeffrey Hunter in their bathroom April 27th 2014.
Tim explained, “[Vicki and Jeffrey] were inside the tub and I was just on the side of it and we all just held on.”
Debris started hitting the outside of the home and the walls began to come down around them as the EF-4 tornado tore their neighborhood and eventually ripped each one of them away from each other.
Jeffrey was one of 16 killed but it was what he did moments before that lives on today.
20 miles away and out of harms way, Jeffrey’s mother Regina Wood received a series of texts.
“Goodbye mama … it’s heading right for me,” they read.
“He had the courage in the face of tornado of that size to do that was pretty amazing,” Regina shared. “That’s a memory I will have the rest of my life.”
Jeffrey had the wherewithal to message not only his mom but other loved ones not there with him at the time a final goodbye.
He messaged several family members and even posted tornado alerts on Facebook warning others.
His sister’s and rest of his family are filled with pride with how Jeffrey’s remembered now.
Tim added, “He will not be forgotten and neither will the rest of the people that lost their lives that day.”
