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L D Farmer

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L D Farmer

Birth
Arkansas, USA
Death
14 Oct 1941 (aged 14)
Boone County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas, USA
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L. D. Farmer, 12 fell mortally wounded at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
from the pellet of an air rifle which directly entered his heart, which
a coroner's jury early last night decided was an unavoidable accident.

The air rifle was held by his playmate, Thurman Tomlinson, Jr., 14 who
testified that they were playing "cowboys and Indians." He said, "The
Farmer boy proposed that Tomlinson act as cowboy and he would be the
Indian. Tomlinson sat with his air rifle loaded and cocked, while the
Farmer boy charged him with a long metal spear. In some way, young
Tomlinson testified the spear discharged the rifle. The Farmer boy died
15 minutes later, in the field north of the county home where the boys
were playing. He lost only a few drops of blood from the minute wound.
He was still alive when a doctor arrived at the scene, but nothing could
be done for him. Tomlinson ran for aid, when the accident occured. The
two boys were constant companions.

Farmer is survived by four sisters and five brothers, Mrs. Dessie Wilhelm,
Ralph Theadore, Benjamine Hulen, Juanita, Eugene, Dollie, Frances, and
Jerrel Herbert of Harrison, James Veron and Dorothy Farmer of Kansas. He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Farmer. Tomlinson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thurman Tomlinson, caretakers at the county home. Funeral
services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Holt
Funeral Home..

L. D. Farmer, 12 fell mortally wounded at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
from the pellet of an air rifle which directly entered his heart, which
a coroner's jury early last night decided was an unavoidable accident.

The air rifle was held by his playmate, Thurman Tomlinson, Jr., 14 who
testified that they were playing "cowboys and Indians." He said, "The
Farmer boy proposed that Tomlinson act as cowboy and he would be the
Indian. Tomlinson sat with his air rifle loaded and cocked, while the
Farmer boy charged him with a long metal spear. In some way, young
Tomlinson testified the spear discharged the rifle. The Farmer boy died
15 minutes later, in the field north of the county home where the boys
were playing. He lost only a few drops of blood from the minute wound.
He was still alive when a doctor arrived at the scene, but nothing could
be done for him. Tomlinson ran for aid, when the accident occured. The
two boys were constant companions.

Farmer is survived by four sisters and five brothers, Mrs. Dessie Wilhelm,
Ralph Theadore, Benjamine Hulen, Juanita, Eugene, Dollie, Frances, and
Jerrel Herbert of Harrison, James Veron and Dorothy Farmer of Kansas. He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Farmer. Tomlinson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thurman Tomlinson, caretakers at the county home. Funeral
services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Holt
Funeral Home..

Bio by: Bobby and Carol Babin Estes

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