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VILONIA, AR — An EF-4 tornado swept through the town of Vilonia Arkansas on April 27th. A mother received a text message from her son at her home 20 miles away. The update simply said, “Goodbye Mama.” Those were the last words Regina Wood heard from her son. Jeffrey Hunter tried to wait ot the storm in a bathroom. It’s something she’ll hold on to forever.

She texted him back several times, asking him if he was OK, but she never got a response. KNWA-TV reports Jeffrey was found unconscious on the ground, and died from his injuries. He was with his father and step-mother, but they survived.

Regina says she takes comfort in the fact that her son thought to say goodbye.



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By far this is the hardest story for me to hear – a final goodbye text from #ARtornado victim Jeff Hunter to his mom. pic.twitter.com/yPtnROXBEB — Josh Berry (@_joshberry) May 2, 2014