A tornado that touched down on Main Street on Monday ravaged a bank, a Sonic restaurant and other businesses. But it wasn’t just businesses. First Missionary Baptist Church on Main Street sustained significant damage, as did home on the side streets off of the business thoroughfare. Among them was the home that Ernest Jackson Jr. has lived in on East Bayou Avenue his entire life. He had family from out of town to celebrate his upcoming 96th birthday.
But it wasn’t just businesses. First Missionary Baptist Church on Main Street sustained significant damage, as did home on the side streets off of the business thoroughfare. Among them was the home that Ernest Jackson Jr. has lived in on East Bayou Avenue his entire life. He had family from out of town to celebrate his upcoming 96th birthday.
The tornado tripped roofs off of businesses and knocked an awning off of the Merchants and Marine Bank. That trapped eight people for a time, although they all got out safely. Officials also reported damage to several buildings at Moss Point High School. The gymnasium was in bad shape, and the football field press box was blown away.
Back on Main Street, workers at the Sonic restaurant scrambled. Markia Mason said the sudden winds tossed her sister.Co-worker Lareal Banks said she was startled.The owner of Main Street Auto Repair said the business has been there since 1977 without incident. His manager, Shannon Jackson, said he was in the adjacent metal shop when the twister hit.
Ernest Jackson’s son, Ernest Jackson III, said he was visiting his family from Phoenix. He said the neighborhood has its origins from Watson family land dating back more than a century.“We was scared,” she said. “We was hollering. We was holding each other. Really, we thought we was gone.”
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