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A Tennessee pastor who was identified among 16 people killed in the Accurate Energetic Systems plant explosion near Bucksnort last Friday morning was just weeks away from his wedding.

The late pastor, Trent Stewart, who was also a firefighter with the Waverly Department of Public Safety, was named among the victims by local officials at a press conference on Monday.

The other victims are: Reyna Gillahan, Jason Adams, Billy Baker, Christopher Clark, James Cook, LaTeisha Mays, Melinda Rainey, Steven Wright, Erick Anderson, Adam Boatman, Mindy Clifton, Jeremy Moore, Melissa Stafford, Rachel Woodall, and Donald Yowell.

On Sunday, Tina Hamblin Coon, a cousin of Katy Stover, whom Stewart proposed to last December, said their family was devastated by the loss.

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