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Deadly tornadoes caused catastrophic damage in Western Kentucky. These are the victims.

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Posted at 2:43 PM, Dec 14, 2021
and last updated 2021-12-17 12:30:00-05

KENTUCKY (WTVF) — Deadly tornadoes ravaged Western Kentucky on the night of December 10 and into December 11.

Officials are still trying to assess just how much damage the storms afflicted when they blew through the region late Friday night.

The ages of the deceased ranged in age from two months to 98 years old. Twelve of the victims killed in the storm were children.

NewsChannel 5 will update this story as more information about the victims becomes available.


Warren County

  • Cory Scott, 27
  • Mae F. White, 77
  • Victoria Smith, 64
  • Rachel Brown, 36
  • Steven Brown, 35
  • Nariah Cayshelle Brown, 16
  • Nolynn Brown, juvenile
  • Nyles Brown, 4
  • Nyssa Brown, 13
  • Alisa Besic, adult
  • Selmir Besic, juvenile
  • Elma Besic, juvenile
  • Samantha Besic, infant
  • Alma Besic, infant
  • Robert Williams, Jr., 65
  • Say Meh, 42

Read more: A majority of Bowling Green's 15 fatalities are from the same two families


Hopkins County

  • Mary Alice Adams, 74
  • Martin Acree, 34
  • Jeff Eckert, 70
  • Jennifer Eckert, 69
  • Sonya Kaye McChesney, 67
  • Jennifer Bruce, 65
  • Ernie Akin, 86
  • Marsha Hall, 71
  • Carol Grisham, 80
  • Carolyn Sigler, 78
  • Carl Hogan, 60
  • John Hale, 54
  • Claude Mitchell, 67

Graves County

  • Robert Daniel, 47
  • Jill Monroe, 52
  • Devin Burton, 21
  • Ivan Lopez, 51
  • Janine Johnson-Williams, 50
  • Jeff Creason, 57
  • Kayla Smith, 30
  • Lannis Joe Ward, 36
  • Robert Baldree, 87
  • Rosa June Sanders, 61
  • Ollie Bright Reeves, 80
  • Jha'lil Dunbar, 3
  • Bobby Spradling 50
  • William Derek Gilbert, 44
  • Pam Gilbert, 60
  • Jamey Waggoner, 66
  • Kathy Greem, 77
  • Emma Gingerich, 31
  • Daniel Gingerich, 4
  • Marilyn Gingerich, 7
  • Jacob Gingerich, 31

Muhlenberg County