Person:Willard Birchfield (3)

From Ancestor Trails to Georgia and Alabama:

p. 316 The Clay County Tornado of 1932, from The Lineville Headlight of 24 March 1934-

Eight lives were lost in Clay County Monday night when a cyclone traveling northeastward came down with terrific speed about eight o'clock. It's first strike was in the western part of the county, demolishing houses and outbuildings. The trail was one-half miles wide. It wrecked everything in its path. eight were killed and a hundred more were injured, some seriously. Around Lineville, Forty homes were destroyed. Many trees were uprooted, while others either leaned precariously or had their tops twisted out.

As soon as the storm cloud had ceased, the cry for help was given. It soon became known that many citizens in the Bellview and Barfield communities were in great danger from the wreckage and exposure; some being pinned beneath the debris of their homes. Rescue parties went to the Birchfield home to bring in the dead and suffering.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 [1], in Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Willard H. Birchfield, in Find A Grave.