The storm’s toll: Deaths in Pitt County


The Daily Reflector

Saturday, March 28, 2009

The people who died from the March 28, 1984, tornado and how they were remembered.

George Robert Armistead, 62, as an employee of DuPont. He was from Kinston and was killed in Ayden. He was survived by two sons, a brother, a sister and grandchild.

Faye Creegan, 40, Eastern Pines, was a teacher at what was then Aycock Junior High School and an award-winning horsewoman.

Michael House, 15, Eastern Pines, was a D.H. Conley High School student and was survived by his parents and brother.

Albert Paramore, 61, Eastern Pines, worked for Leon Moore Oil Co., was a member of Salem United Methodist Church and volunteer fireman. He was survived by his wife, a daughter, two sons and siblings.

Pamela A. Hendrix Price, 32, Eastern Pines, worked at a local hotel and restaurant. She was survived by a husband, daughter, stepson, her parents and siblings

Nellie Riggs, 82, Eastern Pines, was a member of Winterville Baptist Church and was survived by three sons, a daughter, 13 grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, 12-great-grandchildren and siblings.

Donna Lee Suggs, 28, Winterville, worked for Vermont American Co. She was survived by her mother and father, a brother and half-brother and grandmother.

Carol Tripp Taylor, 42, Eastern Pines, worked at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. She was survived by a daughter, her parents, siblings and grandfather.

Jerry T. Worthington, 62, Ayden, was survived by his wife, three sons, a daughter and a sister.