One of the victims was 10-year-old Arlan Burnham.
As a way of honoring this 4th grader, West Creek Elementary and Middle schools are encouraging their students to wear purple and gold.
Arlan Burnham, a fourth-grader at West Creek Elementary School, did not survive when his Clarksville home collapsed trapping him underneath debris, his mother announced on Facebook.
Arlan Burnham, 10, has been identified as one of the victims killed by EF-3 tornado that touched down in Clarksville, Tennessee. The Burnham family home was in the direct path of the tornado.
Arlan Burnham was one of three killed in the town of Clarksville as deadly twisters tore across Tennessee. Another three people were killed in a trailer park in Nashville as one home was flipped onto another