WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — Twenty people who died in a Tennessee flood have had their funerals paid for by an anonymous donor, a funeral home manager said.
A man who wished to remain unnamed reportedly walked into the Humphreys County Funeral Home on Thursday and paid for the nine funerals being organized there, according to manager William Brown. He claims the man then went to other funeral homes in the area to pay for the funerals of the other 11 victims.
The donations came as hundreds of thousands of dollars flowed into the community from donors across the state and nation to help families affected by the devastating flood on Saturday.
Ryan and Rileigh Rigney (Courtesy: Angie Willeby) 
Kellen Burrow Vaughn (Photo: Submitted) 
Lucy Connor (Courtesy: Samantha Tuten) 
Amber Newman (Courtesy: Family photo) 
Lilly Bryant (Courtesy: Bryant family) 
Nathanal Whitsett (Submitted by family) 
Joshua Hendrix (Courtesy: Marlana McIntosh) 
Regenia Brake (Courtesy: Kayla Brake) 
Joseph Reeves (Courtesy: Rachel Reeves) 
Mary Luten (Submitted by family) 
(Courtesy: Almond family) 
Wayne Spears (Courtesy: Loretta Lynn’s Ranch) 
Robert Scott Kilburn (Submitted by family)
The flooding took out houses, roads, cellphone towers and telephone lines, with rainfall that more than tripled forecasts and shattered the state record for one-day rainfall.
More than 270 homes were destroyed and 160 took major damage, according to the Humphreys County Emergency Management Agency.
