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WRAL.com archive: Nov. 15, 2008, tornadoes

Tornadoes cross Johnston and Wilson counties

Five tornadoes, with winds up to 140 mph, touched down in four counties over an hour early Nov. 15, 2008. Johnston and Wilson counties were hard hit, with 65 homes and businesses damaged or destroyed. The twisters killed Joshua Wiggins, 11, of Elm City, and Marilyn Gomez, 60, of Kenly. But the devastation brought out a strong community effort to aid the survivors.

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Memorial funds for the Wiggins family and those displaced along London Church Road have been set up through the North Carolina State Employees Credit Union. Donations can be mailed to:

Joshua Wiggins Memorial Fund
Acct. # 60531309
SECU
P.O. Box 8097
Wilson, NC 27893

or

London Church Road Family Disaster Relief
Acct. #60531311
SECU
P.O. Box 8097
Wilson, NC 27893

The Red Cross is taking donations for storm victims across North Carolina. Checks should include "Wilson-Johnston tornado" in the memo line, and all donations can be mailed to:

American Red Cross
801 S. Third St.
Smithfield, N.C. 27577

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