Family Forms Search Party For Missing Roan Mountain Man

The Roan Mountain community is coming together to form a search party Tuesday morning for a Carter County man missing since last Thursday. According to the Carter County Sheriff’s Department, 65 year old Thomas Hastings was last seen near Laurel Highlands Road on July first. On that day, Hastings was wearing a grey North Carolina State sweatshirt, and grey pants. Hastings is about six feet tall weighing 200 pounds with grey hair and blue eyes. Authorities and family members say he may be suffering from Dementia. The family has organized a search party that will begin Tuesday morning. If have Information about Hastings whereabouts your asked to call 911 or the Carter County Sheriff’s Department.