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The home of Ricky Beaty and Melissa Evans at 325 Hollow Drive in Cumberland County Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012 which was destroyed by a tornado Wednesday evening. Cumberland County EMS worker Jim Jackson said when he arrived on the scene Melissa was not breathing but they found Ricky breathing and he was flown by helicopter to UT Medical Center in Knoxville. Their 5-year-old granddaughter was found on the property unhurt.

Photo by Michael Patrick, copyright © 2012

The home of Ricky Beaty and Melissa Evans at 325 Hollow Drive in Cumberland County Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012 which was destroyed by a tornado Wednesday evening. Cumberland County EMS worker Jim Jackson said when he arrived on the scene Melissa was not breathing but they found Ricky breathing and he was flown by helicopter to UT Medical Center in Knoxville. Their 5-year-old granddaughter was found on the property unhurt.

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  • The home of Ricky Beaty and Melissa Evans at 325 Hollow Drive in Cumberland County Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012 which was destroyed by a tornado Wednesday evening. Cumberland County EMS worker Jim Jackson said when he arrived on the scene Melissa was not breathing but they found Ricky breathing and he was flown by helicopter to UT Medical Center in Knoxville. Their 5-year-old granddaughter was found on the property unhurt.
  • Stanley Baldwin, center, and Linda Smith, right, volunteers with the Baptist Association, help cut trees from the driveway of Elizabeth Keller in the Rinnie Community on Thursday after storms hit the area on Wednesday. 
 (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Damage to the Aviagen business on US127 in Cumbeland County Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012 after a tornado touched down Wednesday evening.   (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Crews work to restore power to the Rinnie Community Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012 after a tornado touched down Wednesday evening.   (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Crews work to restore power to the Rinnie Community Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012 after a tornado touched down Wednesday evening. Seven homes were completely destroyed and over 50 were damaged by the storm. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Debris from Ricky Beaty's home rests on a bush on Thursday. Beaty's partner, Melissa, was killed and their house was destroyed when a tornado hit the area on Wednesday.   (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • Almost every tree along the driveway of Elizabeth Keller in the Rinnie Community was knocked over Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012 by . The Keller home is located at 11361 US127 north of Crossville in Cumberland County.   (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • The home of Ricky Beaty and Melissa Evans at 325 Hollow Drive in the Rinnie Community of Cumberland County Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012. Melissa was killed and Ricky seriously injured when a tornado touched down  Wednesday evening.   (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)
  • A trailer on the lot of the Aviagen business on US127 in Cumbeland County Thursday, Mar. 1, 2012 after a tornado touched down Wednesday evening.   (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)

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