09/27/2025
108 names carried by the wind.
108 voices echoing in our hearts.
108 brothers and sisters, gone from sight, but never gone.
108 times we call you.
108 times we remember you.
108 times we love you.
108 times we cry for you.
Each prayer—108.
Each song—108.
Each tear—108.
Each dance, each brush of paint, each heartbeat—108.
You are the rhythm in our grief,
the light in our dark nights,
the strength in our hands as we rebuild.
On this first anniversary of Hurricane Helene,
we weave your memory into our bodies,
into our stories, into our community.
What we build now—belongs to you.
What we dream now—belongs to you.
What we become now—belongs to you.
108 candles lit in the storm.
108 rivers flowing with love.
108 stars guiding us home.
Today, tomorrow, always—
108 times eternal.
Shirley “Maureen” Mains
Billy Joe Calloway
Robert Butch Ross
David Allen Carver
Melissa Sue Guinn
Charlene Wilber
Russell Dale Wilber
Marsha Lynn Ball
Cathy Jo Blackburn Minish
Brian Hilbert Carter
Angela Leigh Craig
Ronald Jesse Craig
Sandra Brooks Craig
George Frank Dixon
James Olver Dockery
Judy Gail Dockery
Michael Warren Drye
Nora Douglas Drye
Micah Ashton Drye
Patricia Elaine Fleming
Chase Edward Garrell
Tony Ray Garrison
Gabriel Gonzalez Gonzalez
James “Jimmy” Harbison
Jody Nyle Henderson
Lula Bell Jackson
John David Keretz
Omar Farooq Khan
Jessica Lynn Kirby
Lyn Dale McFarland
Norman Jerome McGahee
Patrick Andrew McLean
Calvin Michael McMahan
Timothy Lee Moore
Sean Michael O’Connor
Freddie James Pack
Teresa Kim Pack
Lisa Renee Plemmons
Patricia Ruth Radford
Nola Lee Ramsuer
Robert Lee Ramsuer Jr.
Robert Brandon Ruppe
James Willard Souther
Lois Craig Souther
Kim Kutscher Stepp
Bobby Dewayne Stokely
Daniel Lunnie Wright
Evelyn Vess Wright
Samira Jordan Zoobi
Terry Michael Johnson
Nick Hartwell Mitchell
Luna Jade Gaddis
Joseph Charles Hoyle
Melissa Marlene Lawrence
Victoria Rose Leger
Brian Christopher Gaddis
Gordon Dean Hargrove
Shirley Anne Ray
Sandra Lynn Rogers
David Eric Russell
Vicki Lynn Allen
William Carl Cordell
George Wesley Drye
Christopher Sylvester Haywood Dunbar
Thomas Mitchell Freeman
Phyllis Ann Matheson
Michael Gene Matheson
Angela Ruth Maybin
Elizabeth Rose Mayes
James Scott Sieminski
Christopher John Zserai
Marjorie Lucille Lentz
Keith Max Arvey
Charles James “Jim” Lau
Molly Ashleigh Chandler
Rocco Vincent Chieco
Kathleen Egitto Chieco
Bruce Eugene Tipton
Julie Ann le Roux
Ralph Livingston Hibbert
Jeffrey Alan Mackay
Anthony Ernest Taylor
Danny Van Huffman
James Ryan Carroll
Michael Gordon Whitehouse
Patricia Craine Carey
Jeffrey Lee Merry
Lisa Peeler Brady
Robert Jack Davis
Madge Louise Downs
Jimmy Issac Moore
Jacqueline Lum Goodrich
Cheryl Lynn Hart
Brittany RosAnn Robinson
James Michael “Little Man” Scroggs
Todd Joseph Proffitt
James Ernest Andrews
Robert Bruce Athey
Janicke Therese Glynn
May Colette Greene
Juan Martin
Anastasiia Novitnia Segen
Dmytro Segen
Michelle Lynn Quintero
Susan Bishop Strickland
Lucas Odhran Wisely
Felix Alexander Wisely
Knox Emerson Petrucci
Alison Wisely
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