Pierce City residents keep the faith after last week's tornado

Monday, May 12, 2003

PIERCE CITY, Mo. -- On the move as a truck driver for 40 years, J.B. Dalton said he was never a churchgoer. But on Sunday, one week after a tornado ravaged Pierce City, Dalton joined hymn-singing by the displaced congregation of tattered First Baptist Church.

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