White Sulphur Springs Mayor Lloyd Haynes released the names of the West Virginia flooding victims Monday afternoon. A total of 23 people were killed during the flooding.
A teen, Mykala Phillips, of White Sulphur Springs is still missing. On Saturday, July 17, Phillips’ friends and family gathered at Villa Park in White Sulphur Springs to pray for peace for her family. Phillips, 14, was swept away in the flood waters that overtook White Sulphur Springs on June 23. She is the last unaccounted-for flood victim.
The names of the deceased are:
Greenbrier County
Denver Barker
Lisa Blankenship
Raymond Clark Jr.
Melissa Deichert
Nellie Hinkle
Natayshia Nicely
Hershel Nicely
Charles Omechenski
Delmas Parsons
Marquerite Parsons
Gary Schumaker
Belinda Scott
Dakota Stone
Ed Thompson
Eleanor Faye VanBuren
Kanawha County
Joni Adams
Sandra Boswell
Melissa Hess
Natasha LeMaster
Okey William Moffatt
Bill Sanders
Jackson County
Edward McMillion
Ohio County
Emanuel Williams