TORNADO VICTIM - Lake Mack resident. Was in second grade at Spring Creek Elementary School. Son of victim William Nolan, 37. He was found in his father's arms under the debris.
Funeral service for William Jacob Nolan, 7, who passed away Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, in Lake Mack, Fla., will be 1 p.m. Saturday, February 10, at the Beyers Funeral Home Chapel in Umatilla. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. prior to the service. William was born in DeLand and has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a student at Spring Creek Elementary School and a Baptist. He is survived by his mother, Becky, Lake Mack; sisters, Cassandra Dimeo, Kissimmee, and Hanna Hagler, Tallahassee; brother, Edwin Burch, Lake Mack; paternal grandfather, William Joseph Nolan Sr., Lake Mack; paternal grandmother, Zoe Griffin, New York; maternal grandmother, Kayaloa Burch, Florida; and several aunts and uncles. Beyers Funeral Home, Umatilla, is in charge.
Published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on 2/7/2007.
∼TORNADO VICTIM - Lived Lake Mack, Lake Co., Florida. He was killed along with son William "Jacob" Nolan, Jr., age 7. They were found buried under debris.
KILLER TORNADOES: THE AFTERMATH
Family, friends remember the dead
by Erika Hobbs | Erin Ailworth, Robert Sargent and Susan Jacobson, Sentinel Staff Writers
Posted February 4, 2007
Lake Mack - BILLY NOLAN, 37, and WILLIAM 'JACOB' NOLAN, 7
Billy Nolan and his son died together in their Lake Mack home. Nolan's wife, Becky, and her oldest son, 11-year-old Edwin Burch, managed to escape the family's mobile home and survived.
Nolan was a "first-class carpenter" and had the "biggest heart you could imagine," said his father, William Nolan, who lived about a half-mile away.
"It's a big loss to us," he said. "You'd have to know my son -- just a super, good-hearted man."
Jacob was a second-grader at Spring Creek Elementary School. The blond, freckle-faced boy was a "happy, good-natured kid," said Principal Bob Curry. "Quiet, kind, nice, respectful. We all knew him."
William Nolan said that when Billy, the oldest of five children, was younger, the family moved from Florida to Louisiana, Maryland and New York before coming back here. But he said Billy considered the Orlando area home. Billy married Becky about a decade ago, his father said.
From www.ocala.com
Bill Nolan, 40, and Jacob Nolan, 7
Several blocks from the Nolan's destroyed home in Paisley, Bill Nolan's father , William Nolan, recounted the moments before his son's death.
Nolan said his son, Bill, Bill's wife, Rebecca and their 7-year-old son, Jacob, were in the home when the tornado roared through.
When Bill heard the storm coming, his father said, he reached over and put his wife, Rebecca, on the floor. Then he ran to Jacob's room, where he hurriedly covered up his son as the home crashed in on top of them.
Rescuers found Bill's body beneath the rubble of the home. He was curled up around his son, cradling Jacob's lifeless body in his arms.
Rebecca and her oldest son, Edwin, survived the devastation, William said, but Rebecca suffered a broken collar bone and shoulder. She could not go to the hospital to get treatment because there were so many people there, he said.
William lives down the street from where his son and grandson lived on Cooter Pond Road, but said that he was still unable to go through the remains of Bill's home.
"We're trying to get over there to the remains of their house," he said. "Everything they own is gone. So far we have not been able to get through, because they won't let us in."
Funeral service for William Joseph "Billy" Nolan Jr., 37, who passed away Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, in Lake Mack, Fla., will be 1 p.m. Saturday, February 10, at the Beyers Funeral Home Chapel, Umatilla. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. prior to the service. Mr. Nolan was born in Orlando and had been a lifelong resident in the area. He was a carpenter and a Baptist. He is survived by his wife, Becky, Lake Mack; children, Cassandra Dimeo, Kissimmee, Hanna Hagler, Tallahassee, and Edwin Burch, Lake Mack; father, William Joseph Nolan Sr., Lake Mack; mother, Zoe Griffin, New York; brothers, Kenny and Johnny Nolan, both of Lake Mack; sisters, Wendy Nolan, Florida, and Coleen Nolan, Tampa. Beyers Funeral Home, Umatilla, is in charge.
Published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on 2/7/2007.
Funeral service for William Jacob Nolan, 7, who passed away Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, in Lake Mack, Fla., will be 1 p.m. Saturday, February 10, at the Beyers Funeral Home Chapel in Umatilla. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. prior to the service. William was born in DeLand and has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a student at Spring Creek Elementary School and a Baptist. He is survived by his mother, Becky, Lake Mack; sisters, Cassandra Dimeo, Kissimmee, and Hanna Hagler, Tallahassee; brother, Edwin Burch, Lake Mack; paternal grandfather, William Joseph Nolan Sr., Lake Mack; paternal grandmother, Zoe Griffin, New York; maternal grandmother, Kayaloa Burch, Florida; and several aunts and uncles. Beyers Funeral Home, Umatilla, is in charge.
Published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on 2/7/2007.
∼TORNADO VICTIM - Lived Lake Mack, Lake Co., Florida. He was killed along with son William "Jacob" Nolan, Jr., age 7. They were found buried under debris.
KILLER TORNADOES: THE AFTERMATH
Family, friends remember the dead
by Erika Hobbs | Erin Ailworth, Robert Sargent and Susan Jacobson, Sentinel Staff Writers
Posted February 4, 2007
Lake Mack - BILLY NOLAN, 37, and WILLIAM 'JACOB' NOLAN, 7
Billy Nolan and his son died together in their Lake Mack home. Nolan's wife, Becky, and her oldest son, 11-year-old Edwin Burch, managed to escape the family's mobile home and survived.
Nolan was a "first-class carpenter" and had the "biggest heart you could imagine," said his father, William Nolan, who lived about a half-mile away.
"It's a big loss to us," he said. "You'd have to know my son -- just a super, good-hearted man."
Jacob was a second-grader at Spring Creek Elementary School. The blond, freckle-faced boy was a "happy, good-natured kid," said Principal Bob Curry. "Quiet, kind, nice, respectful. We all knew him."
William Nolan said that when Billy, the oldest of five children, was younger, the family moved from Florida to Louisiana, Maryland and New York before coming back here. But he said Billy considered the Orlando area home. Billy married Becky about a decade ago, his father said.
From www.ocala.com
Bill Nolan, 40, and Jacob Nolan, 7
Several blocks from the Nolan's destroyed home in Paisley, Bill Nolan's father , William Nolan, recounted the moments before his son's death.
Nolan said his son, Bill, Bill's wife, Rebecca and their 7-year-old son, Jacob, were in the home when the tornado roared through.
When Bill heard the storm coming, his father said, he reached over and put his wife, Rebecca, on the floor. Then he ran to Jacob's room, where he hurriedly covered up his son as the home crashed in on top of them.
Rescuers found Bill's body beneath the rubble of the home. He was curled up around his son, cradling Jacob's lifeless body in his arms.
Rebecca and her oldest son, Edwin, survived the devastation, William said, but Rebecca suffered a broken collar bone and shoulder. She could not go to the hospital to get treatment because there were so many people there, he said.
William lives down the street from where his son and grandson lived on Cooter Pond Road, but said that he was still unable to go through the remains of Bill's home.
"We're trying to get over there to the remains of their house," he said. "Everything they own is gone. So far we have not been able to get through, because they won't let us in."
Funeral service for William Joseph "Billy" Nolan Jr., 37, who passed away Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, in Lake Mack, Fla., will be 1 p.m. Saturday, February 10, at the Beyers Funeral Home Chapel, Umatilla. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. prior to the service. Mr. Nolan was born in Orlando and had been a lifelong resident in the area. He was a carpenter and a Baptist. He is survived by his wife, Becky, Lake Mack; children, Cassandra Dimeo, Kissimmee, Hanna Hagler, Tallahassee, and Edwin Burch, Lake Mack; father, William Joseph Nolan Sr., Lake Mack; mother, Zoe Griffin, New York; brothers, Kenny and Johnny Nolan, both of Lake Mack; sisters, Wendy Nolan, Florida, and Coleen Nolan, Tampa. Beyers Funeral Home, Umatilla, is in charge.
Published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on 2/7/2007.
TORNADO VICTIM - Lake Mack resident. Was in second grade at Spring Creek Elementary School. Son of victim William Nolan, 37. He was found in his father's arms under the debris.
Funeral service for William Jacob Nolan, 7, who passed away Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, in Lake Mack, Fla., will be 1 p.m. Saturday, February 10, at the Beyers Funeral Home Chapel in Umatilla. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. prior to the service. William was born in DeLand and has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a student at Spring Creek Elementary School and a Baptist. He is survived by his mother, Becky, Lake Mack; sisters, Cassandra Dimeo, Kissimmee, and Hanna Hagler, Tallahassee; brother, Edwin Burch, Lake Mack; paternal grandfather, William Joseph Nolan Sr., Lake Mack; paternal grandmother, Zoe Griffin, New York; maternal grandmother, Kayaloa Burch, Florida; and several aunts and uncles. Beyers Funeral Home, Umatilla, is in charge.
Published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on 2/7/2007.
∼TORNADO VICTIM - Lived Lake Mack, Lake Co., Florida. He was killed along with son William "Jacob" Nolan, Jr., age 7. They were found buried under debris.
KILLER TORNADOES: THE AFTERMATH
Family, friends remember the dead
by Erika Hobbs | Erin Ailworth, Robert Sargent and Susan Jacobson, Sentinel Staff Writers
Posted February 4, 2007
Lake Mack - BILLY NOLAN, 37, and WILLIAM 'JACOB' NOLAN, 7
Billy Nolan and his son died together in their Lake Mack home. Nolan's wife, Becky, and her oldest son, 11-year-old Edwin Burch, managed to escape the family's mobile home and survived.
Nolan was a "first-class carpenter" and had the "biggest heart you could imagine," said his father, William Nolan, who lived about a half-mile away.
"It's a big loss to us," he said. "You'd have to know my son -- just a super, good-hearted man."
Jacob was a second-grader at Spring Creek Elementary School. The blond, freckle-faced boy was a "happy, good-natured kid," said Principal Bob Curry. "Quiet, kind, nice, respectful. We all knew him."
William Nolan said that when Billy, the oldest of five children, was younger, the family moved from Florida to Louisiana, Maryland and New York before coming back here. But he said Billy considered the Orlando area home. Billy married Becky about a decade ago, his father said.
From www.ocala.com
Bill Nolan, 40, and Jacob Nolan, 7
Several blocks from the Nolan's destroyed home in Paisley, Bill Nolan's father , William Nolan, recounted the moments before his son's death.
Nolan said his son, Bill, Bill's wife, Rebecca and their 7-year-old son, Jacob, were in the home when the tornado roared through.
When Bill heard the storm coming, his father said, he reached over and put his wife, Rebecca, on the floor. Then he ran to Jacob's room, where he hurriedly covered up his son as the home crashed in on top of them.
Rescuers found Bill's body beneath the rubble of the home. He was curled up around his son, cradling Jacob's lifeless body in his arms.
Rebecca and her oldest son, Edwin, survived the devastation, William said, but Rebecca suffered a broken collar bone and shoulder. She could not go to the hospital to get treatment because there were so many people there, he said.
William lives down the street from where his son and grandson lived on Cooter Pond Road, but said that he was still unable to go through the remains of Bill's home.
"We're trying to get over there to the remains of their house," he said. "Everything they own is gone. So far we have not been able to get through, because they won't let us in."
Funeral service for William Joseph "Billy" Nolan Jr., 37, who passed away Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, in Lake Mack, Fla., will be 1 p.m. Saturday, February 10, at the Beyers Funeral Home Chapel, Umatilla. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. prior to the service. Mr. Nolan was born in Orlando and had been a lifelong resident in the area. He was a carpenter and a Baptist. He is survived by his wife, Becky, Lake Mack; children, Cassandra Dimeo, Kissimmee, Hanna Hagler, Tallahassee, and Edwin Burch, Lake Mack; father, William Joseph Nolan Sr., Lake Mack; mother, Zoe Griffin, New York; brothers, Kenny and Johnny Nolan, both of Lake Mack; sisters, Wendy Nolan, Florida, and Coleen Nolan, Tampa. Beyers Funeral Home, Umatilla, is in charge.
Published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on 2/7/2007.
Funeral service for William Jacob Nolan, 7, who passed away Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, in Lake Mack, Fla., will be 1 p.m. Saturday, February 10, at the Beyers Funeral Home Chapel in Umatilla. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. prior to the service. William was born in DeLand and has been a lifelong resident of the area. He was a student at Spring Creek Elementary School and a Baptist. He is survived by his mother, Becky, Lake Mack; sisters, Cassandra Dimeo, Kissimmee, and Hanna Hagler, Tallahassee; brother, Edwin Burch, Lake Mack; paternal grandfather, William Joseph Nolan Sr., Lake Mack; paternal grandmother, Zoe Griffin, New York; maternal grandmother, Kayaloa Burch, Florida; and several aunts and uncles. Beyers Funeral Home, Umatilla, is in charge.
Published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on 2/7/2007.
∼TORNADO VICTIM - Lived Lake Mack, Lake Co., Florida. He was killed along with son William "Jacob" Nolan, Jr., age 7. They were found buried under debris.
KILLER TORNADOES: THE AFTERMATH
Family, friends remember the dead
by Erika Hobbs | Erin Ailworth, Robert Sargent and Susan Jacobson, Sentinel Staff Writers
Posted February 4, 2007
Lake Mack - BILLY NOLAN, 37, and WILLIAM 'JACOB' NOLAN, 7
Billy Nolan and his son died together in their Lake Mack home. Nolan's wife, Becky, and her oldest son, 11-year-old Edwin Burch, managed to escape the family's mobile home and survived.
Nolan was a "first-class carpenter" and had the "biggest heart you could imagine," said his father, William Nolan, who lived about a half-mile away.
"It's a big loss to us," he said. "You'd have to know my son -- just a super, good-hearted man."
Jacob was a second-grader at Spring Creek Elementary School. The blond, freckle-faced boy was a "happy, good-natured kid," said Principal Bob Curry. "Quiet, kind, nice, respectful. We all knew him."
William Nolan said that when Billy, the oldest of five children, was younger, the family moved from Florida to Louisiana, Maryland and New York before coming back here. But he said Billy considered the Orlando area home. Billy married Becky about a decade ago, his father said.
From www.ocala.com
Bill Nolan, 40, and Jacob Nolan, 7
Several blocks from the Nolan's destroyed home in Paisley, Bill Nolan's father , William Nolan, recounted the moments before his son's death.
Nolan said his son, Bill, Bill's wife, Rebecca and their 7-year-old son, Jacob, were in the home when the tornado roared through.
When Bill heard the storm coming, his father said, he reached over and put his wife, Rebecca, on the floor. Then he ran to Jacob's room, where he hurriedly covered up his son as the home crashed in on top of them.
Rescuers found Bill's body beneath the rubble of the home. He was curled up around his son, cradling Jacob's lifeless body in his arms.
Rebecca and her oldest son, Edwin, survived the devastation, William said, but Rebecca suffered a broken collar bone and shoulder. She could not go to the hospital to get treatment because there were so many people there, he said.
William lives down the street from where his son and grandson lived on Cooter Pond Road, but said that he was still unable to go through the remains of Bill's home.
"We're trying to get over there to the remains of their house," he said. "Everything they own is gone. So far we have not been able to get through, because they won't let us in."
Funeral service for William Joseph "Billy" Nolan Jr., 37, who passed away Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, in Lake Mack, Fla., will be 1 p.m. Saturday, February 10, at the Beyers Funeral Home Chapel, Umatilla. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. prior to the service. Mr. Nolan was born in Orlando and had been a lifelong resident in the area. He was a carpenter and a Baptist. He is survived by his wife, Becky, Lake Mack; children, Cassandra Dimeo, Kissimmee, Hanna Hagler, Tallahassee, and Edwin Burch, Lake Mack; father, William Joseph Nolan Sr., Lake Mack; mother, Zoe Griffin, New York; brothers, Kenny and Johnny Nolan, both of Lake Mack; sisters, Wendy Nolan, Florida, and Coleen Nolan, Tampa. Beyers Funeral Home, Umatilla, is in charge.
Published in the Daytona Beach News-Journal on 2/7/2007.
