January 7, 2025
By: Dwayne Page
As family plan a memorial service yet to be scheduled for 59-year-old James Brian Storie, investigators say he has now been positively identified as the man to have perished in a fire last Thursday in DeKalb County,
“We have a positive ID on 59-year-old James Brian Storie of Poss Road, Smithville. The positive ID was done by dental records by the State Medical Examiner,” said Sheriff Patrick Ray.
The DeKalb County Fire Department was summoned to a mobile home fire at approximately 1:34 a.m. Thursday morning at 1419 Poss Road. The initial report to 911 dispatch was that the structure was fully involved. Upon arrival, firefighters did find the structure fully involved and collapsed.
Upon investigation, fire crews located a deceased victim inside the mobile home. The Four Seasons, Midway, Johnson’s Chapel, and Short Mountain stations responded along with DeKalb Emergency Medical Services, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s (TBI) fire investigators.