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Updated: 3:48 PM Jul 24, 2010
Body of Woman Found; Went Missing After Trailer was Swept Away
Carter County Dispatchers tell WSAZ.com Mary Littleton's body was found about 10 a.m. in the town of Leon, six miles from where her trailer was originally.
Posted: 12:06 PM Jul 21, 2010Reporter: WSAZ News Staff Email Address: news@wsaz.com |
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UPDATE 7/24/10 @ 2:00 p.m.
CARTER COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- The body of a woman swept away in her trailer was found Saturday morning.
Carter County Dispatchers tell WSAZ.com Mary Littleton's body was found about 10 a.m. in the town of Leon, six miles from where her trailer was originally.
Her trailer was washed away from it's foundation during Wednesday's flood.
Littleton was 72-years-old.
UPDATE 7/22/10 @ 6:00 p.m.
CARTER COUNTY, Ky (WSAZ) -- It's a wait of the most excruciating kind -- one where family hopes and prays for the best, but fears and anticipates the worst. That's what the family of Mary Littleton is going through. The 71-year-old is still missing after her mobile home was swept away by floodwaters on Wednesday morning.
Crews are back out frantically searching.
The emotions ran the range today -- from guilt and despair to hope and faith.
“We have search dogs working the creek. If they hit on a spot, we go through the location and dig if there’s debris. We have two miles of creek to check before it goes to the Little Sandy River,” said Chief Greg Felty, Grayson Fire Dept.
Crews are hoping they find Mary Littleton before that happens.
“The Little Sandy River is 100 miles long. From here to Ohio is 80 miles so it would take a while to check all of that,” said Chief Felty.
Since Wednesday morning, the 72-year-old has made a long journey already. It started when her mobile home was swept off its foundation by floodwaters. It was washed downstream churning all the way until it paused at a bridge.
“She was just a hollerin’ and she said can you get my hand and that was it. It just blowed up,” said Tom Hall, Mary’s brother.
Mary is one of Tom’s twelve sisters and brothers.
“She was a good religious person. She served her lord. She was just a wonderful person, a nice person,” said Tom.
But, as the search continues, holding out hope is all they can do.
“We're treating her as a missing person until we get confirmation. I can't imagine what the family is going through and it's our job to provide answers,” said Trooper Elliott Gollihue, KY State Police.
“I would feel better if they’d bring her out of there,” said Tom.
Right now, cadaver dogs are searching the creek. The search is made up mostly of local volunteer firefighters. But, the worry is that they will soon have to go back to their other jobs.
UPDATE 7/22/10 @ 3:25 p.m.
CARTER COUNTY, Ky (WSAZ) --Crews resumed their search Thursday for 72-year-old Mary Littleton.
Her trailer was washed off its foundation during flash flooding early Wednesday morning.
Several local volunteer fire departments, along with several Kentucky State Police cadaver dogs took part in the search.
The search focused on the creek bed about a mile down stream from where her trailer belonged.
Rescuers are concerned Littleton's body could end up in the Little Sandy River which is several miles down stream..
UPDATE 7/22/10 @ 7:30 a.m.
CARTER COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Crews are expected to resume the search for Mary Littleton at 8 a.m. Thursday.
Emergency officials say that Littleton was in her trailer Wednesday when flood waters swept it away. "There were some family that had spoken to her through the window of her mobile home as it was against the bridge," said Duane Suttles with the Grayson Fire Department. "The current just slowly started to take home apart and it just washed on down stream."
Kentucky State Police tell WSAZ.com Littleton is 72.
Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for updated information
UPDATE 7/21/10 @ 10:40 p.m.
CARTER COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- An elderly woman remained missing late Wednesday night, and the search for her will resume Thursday morning in the Fultz Road area near Grayson, say county 911 dispatchers.
Mary Littleton, who is in her 70s, reportedly was in her mobile home when it was swept off its foundation by swift-moving flood waters. Neighbors said the woman had lived in the area her entire life. It is in an extremely remote area of Carter County.
ORIGINAL STORY 7/21/10
CARTER COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Rescue crews continue their search for a senior citizen believed to have been swept away by flood waters.
The search is taking place along Fultz Road near Grayson.
Rescuers tell WSAZ.com that they are looking for a woman in her 70s who was apparently inside her mobile home when it was swept off its foundation.
Her trailer was located about a mile down road from where it belonged, and was found in pieces.
They say the flood waters hit around 4 a.m. Wednesday.
Neighbors say the woman had lived in the area her entire life.
Our crew says this is a very remote area of the county.
Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the latest information on the search.
Latest Comments
To the Littleton family are prayer are with you, Your Mom and grandmother was a every sweet woman, just know here when I was a little girl , she would open your eyes and you can see they joy she had for everybody.
To the family, I am so sorry for your loss, wounds of such a great loved one, there are no words that can help, only time can do this. God be with the family at this tme in need.
To the Littleton Family, I am so sorry for your loss. Mary was such a nice lady. So soft spoken and a very gentle spirit. May the Lord comfort your hearts at this time.
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