Pastor Gerry Standley and his wife Melinda celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary last month. | Facebook
A Mississippi community is mourning the loss of their 55-year-old pastor who was killed by a small plane, which was carrying three Texas residents who were flying to a university graduation ceremony, that crashed into his home.
The Hattiesburg community has raised, as of early Sunday, nearly $11,000 through an online fundraiser it put together for the family of Gerry Standley, an assistant pastor at the Wayside Holy Temple church, who was one of the four people in the house when the plane, a Mitsubishi M-2B-60, crashed on Tuesday night.
Pastor Gerry Standley and his wife Melinda celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary last month. | Facebook
A Mississippi community is mourning the loss of their 55-year-old pastor who was killed by a small plane, which was carrying three Texas residents who were flying to a university graduation ceremony, that crashed into his home.
The Hattiesburg community has raised, as of early Sunday, nearly $11,000 through an online fundraiser it put together for the family of Gerry Standley, an assistant pastor at the Wayside Holy Temple church, who was one of the four people in the house when the plane, a Mitsubishi M-2B-60, crashed on Tuesday night.
By Dominique O Neill
May 7, 2021 5:13 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – Three days after a deadly plane crash in Hattiesburg, area counselors are working to provide assistance to neighbors. Four people were killed when the plane crashed Tuesday night.
Connie Bienvenu is the coordinator of the Mobile Crisis Team at Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources. Members of the team are working to provide grief counseling services for neighbors.
“People may not realize that their experiencing symptoms related to that event such as depression, anxiety or even post-traumatic stress disorder,” Bienvenu explained. She encouraged neighbors who are struggling to get help.
“What that looks like is maybe problems sleeping, loss of appetite, or even trigger warnings such as sound, smells, sights, and we encourage everybody to reach out for help and talk about what’s going on.”
Community remembers pastor killed in plane crash
Community remembers pastor killed in plane crash By Melissa Rademaker | May 7, 2021 at 5:35 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 5:35 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A Hattiesburg community is pulling together to help the family of a man killed by a Tuesday night plane crash.
Gerry Standley died when a small civilian plane crashed into his Hattiesburg home on Annie Christie Drive in the Irene Chapel neighborhood, forever changing the lives of his family.
“Right now, my family is in a time of need, so we need all the help that we can get,” said Gerry’s niece, Charlisha Standley.
4 People Killed When Plane Crashes into Mississippi Home May 7, 2021
A small plane crashed into a house in Mississippi late Tuesday, killing a man inside as well as a toddler and two adults from Texas who were on board, authorities said.
Two National Transportation Safety Board investigators were on the way to Hattiesburg, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southeast of Jackson, to investigate the crash of the Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, the agency said Wednesday.
Police and the coroner’s office identified the dead as Gerry Standley, 55, of Hattiesburg; and three people from Wichita Falls, Texas: Louis Provenza, 67; Harper Provenza, 2; and Anna Calhoun, 23, news agencies reported.