4 more bodies found in Perry County on Sunday. Daughters wait to see if one is their father.

Four additional bodies were found Sunday in Perry County, raising the death toll in the county to seven following last week’s historic floods, Deputy Coroner Ashley Combs said.

Among the victims found in Perry County on Sunday, one man has been identified, but Combs did not immediately release his name until family members were reached. Two women and a man were unidentified as of Sunday night.

Three were found on Highway 476 and one on Big Willard Road.

About 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Tracy Ritchie waited to see if her father’s body had been recovered from the flooding along with three others in Perry County.

“I spoke with the police chief and we’re waiting for confirmation from the coroner,” said Ritchie.

Late Sunday afternoon, Gov. Andy Beshear had said the death toll statewide from the flooding stood at 28, including 3 deaths in Perry County. The four additional victims discovered in the county on Sunday and one additional reported by the coroner in Knott County Sunday night would raise the statewide death toll to 33 in last week’s historic floods.

Dennis Edward Stacy, 71, had been missing since his trailer washed away in the flood Thursday from Williams Circle in Hazard.

“There are search crews from Oklahoma and local groups searching for him. He may have been recovered today with three others on 476, which was near his home,” Ritchie said.

Stacy was a coal miner, married twice, with two daughters. He had a business degree from the University of Kentucky and had been retired for some time.

Daughter Shelley Wilson said her father owned his own race horse at one point, was the owner of Base Enterprise Coal company in the 1970s and 1980’s and had a restaurant in Lexington called “Capers”.

He was a pilot. “When we were little he loved taking us on vacation in his single engine Cessna,” she said.

Stacy had COPD and other health problems but he had been a foreman for construction projects for a long time, Ritchie said.

“He is a golfer, he loved Jeopardy and is the best dad. I love him dearly,” Ritchie said.

Wilson said she is believing in God and miracles.

“I have faith that if it is God’s will Dad will come walking out of the mountains anytime now. It may also be that God wanted to bring him home to prevent suffering in the future. Either way; I continue to keep the faith to get through this devastating time. I just hope and pray we find closure soon,” Wilson said.

This story was originally published July 31, 2022 at 7:40 PM.