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.
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.