COOK COUNTY, Ga. — "Call me when you can please," was the text message D.D. Tinsley Powell got from her sister Amanda Rowe Sunday.
Powell didn't see the message until much later, after she learned her sister had been killed as a tornado.
The storm ripped through the the Sunshine Acres Mobile Home Park, killing a total of seven people along it's path. The weekend's storms are to blame for at least 15 deaths in Georgia alone.
The family said a good friend of Amanda's, Joe Deskins, did go over Rowe’s home Sunday night. Both died when the tornado struck.
“I'm sad that someone else was there and they lost their life, but I knew she had to be scared and I'm so glad she wasn't alone,” Powell said.
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Rowe and Deskins were two of seven people identified by authorities late Monday that lost their lives in the storms.
Mary and Jamie Cantrell were mother and daughter. Jamie leaves behind a 5-year-old-son.
Alexis Livingston, 18, Adreian Mays, 38, Lawansa Perry, 41, were also killed. All the victims died in the mobile home park.
Family members have set up a GoFundMe page to help with funeral expenses for Amanda Rowe.
The Cantrell family have set a up page as well for their loved ones.
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