SUNBRIGHT — Pastor Mike Hammonds of First Baptist Church, Sunbright, was on his way to Big Emory Baptist Association in Harriman on April 2 to teach a course when he received a call from his wife informing him a tornado had just hit the small town in Morgan County.
Hammonds immediately turned around and returned home. The church and parsonage received minor damage but the funeral home (Schubert’s Funeral Home) next to the church received major damage as did other buildings and homes near the church.
No one was killed or seriously injured in the storm, according to a Knoxville television station report.
Roads were blocked but several volunteers from the church joined others in the community to tarp homes with damaged roofs and to help clear roads so the electric company could restore power. [Read more…]