PANOLA COUNTY, Miss. — A 72-year-old woman died in a house fire Tuesday morning, the Panola County coroner said.

The fire happened around 4 a.m. at a home on McNeely Road. One person inside the home called the fire department but didn’t make it out.

Rose Marie Carr died of smoke inhalation, the coroner said.

When relatives across the street saw the fire around 4 Tuesday morning, two young men ran across the street to get Carr out of the home. They got her out, but it was too late, relatives said.

Relatives and neighbors said Carr lived in her home for more than 40 years. They described her as a good, Christian woman who went to church every Sunday.

Children were always at her home, and she was known as the neighborhood babysitter, they said. 

“I’ve known her for all my life,” neighbor Bob Sanford said. “Just a tragic situation. She was loved and she cared for children.”

Officials believe the fire was caused by electrical issues.