Funeral Marathon for Tornado Victims

Residents of Jarrell faced a sad schedule: travel to Georgetown, 14 miles away, to attend three funerals, one after another, for 10 former neighbors killed by Tuesday’s tornado. At the Georgetown Church of the Nazarene they remembered Vicki Kehl Taylor, 36, and her 16-year-old son, Johnathan Lyle Kehl. From there, they went to the First Baptist Church of Georgetown for the funeral of the Igos, parents Larry, 46, and Joan, 45, and their children, 16-year-old Audrey and 15-year-old twins John and Paul. Later, the mourners gathered again, this time to pay their respects to the Smiths, mother Cindy, 35, and daughters, Brandi, 13, and Stacy, 10. For Jarrell residents, the funeral marathons are likely to continue. In all, 27 people died, and the local cemetery was also a casualty.