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Tornado Strikes Church Fields in Tennessee Towns
In Madison Tennessee Metro Baptist Church gathered under a basketball scoreboard as a tornado tore the church complex two days earlier. Rev. Phil Martin showed crumpled ceilings and pews, recalling near disaster while Jessica Lenfkford aided 35 children to a windowless room. The storm in Sumner County killed nine, part of a deadly weekend across Tennessee with 12 church deaths overall.
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Madison
Metro Baptist Church
Phil Martin
Goodletisville
Nashville
Jessica Lenkford
Metro Baptist
Tenessee
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
Randy Harris
Sumner County
Harris
Lankford