Elderly woman killed in Mississippi house fire identified by family
Jan 15, 2025
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A woman is now dead after a house fire in Red Banks, Mississippi Tuesday night, a Marshall County Coroner confirmed.
Firefighters were on the scene of the house fire in the 2000 block of Moore Road around 11 p.m.
An 85-year-old woman, identified by her family as Pearlie Mae Moore did not survive, according to the coroner.
Pearlie Mae Moore (Photo provided by Dortha Moffatt, a longtime friend of Moore)
Moore's family mentioned that her son, who had been living with her, is at Regional One with burns.
(Photos by: WREG's Quintin Bearkley)
This is still an ongoing investigation.
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WREG is working to learn what caused the fire and will update the story as more information becomes available.