Pearcy, Roscoe Homer

1910 - 1915  (4 years)

• Name	Pearcy, Roscoe Homer
  Birth	6 Jun 1910	Coles County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	PEAR.R007
  Death	23 Apr 1915	Coles County, Illinois   [1]
  	Cause: Crushed to death between two heavy logs
  	PEARCY SERVICES WERE HELD SATURDAY Funeral services for little Homer Pearcy, who met a horrible death by being crushed to death under the weight of a heavy log, were held at the Mt. Tabor church and burial was made in the adjoining cemetery Saturday morning. The parents, brothers and sisters were heart broken over their sudden loss and many sympathetic friends were present. The details of the fatal accident are as follows. The little fellow went into house and called to his mother, asking her if dinner had been prepared and if he might go tell his father. His mother responded in the affirmative and the child started toward his father's saw mill, which is not more than 100 yards distant from the house. After reaching the saw mill the little boy told his father that dinner was waiting and he had just turned to return to the house when one of the logs rolled from a pile near the saw mill. It is presumed that the log had become loosened by others being taken from the pile. The boy's body was crushed between two large logs. A short time later a sister started to the spring for a bucket of water and found the crushed body of her little brother. She hastily summoned her father, but life was extinct before the body could be removed from the place. When the little boy started toward the saw mill to summon his father to dinner he was singing a song: "In the Morning of Joy." printed in the Charleston Courier News
  Burial	3 Nov 1946	Mount Tabor Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Township, Coles County, Illinois   [2]
  		Headstone, Pearcy, Rosoe Homer
  Person ID	I22063	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Pearcy, George Vernon,   b. 27 Nov 1874   d. 25 Oct 1946, Charleston, Coles County, Illinois (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Rutan, Sarah Kathryn,   b. 3 Sep 1877, Cumberland County, Illinois d. 11 Feb 1961, Charleston Township, Coles County, Illinois (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Family ID	F695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Jun 1910 - Coles County, Illinois Death - Cause: Crushed to death between two heavy logs - 23 Apr 1915 - Coles County, Illinois Burial - 3 Nov 1946 - Mount Tabor Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Township, Coles County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S6077] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Pearcy, Rosoe Homer, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pearcy&GSiman=1&GScid=1235301&GRid=47578344&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S6078] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Pearcy, Rosoe Homer, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pearcy&GSiman=1&GScid=1235301&GRid=47578344&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1144] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Pearcy, Sarah Rutan and George V., (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Pearcy&GSiman=1&GScid=107770&GRid=43647443&), none. (Reliability: 2).