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Billy Mark Geron

26 Mar 1957 – 5 May 1962

Birth	26 Mar 1957
Death	5 May 1962
Cemetery	Sweetwater Cemetery Sweetwater , Nolan County , Texas , USA
Added by	MBishop on 15 Jun 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15514763

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Lightening Kills Mitchell Boy; Hail, Rain Hit Area Lightening killed a small boy in Mitchell County and set off a Howard County brush fire that destroyed an orchard south of Big Spring during damaging thunderstorms Saturday. Electrical storms, light hail and rain stretched over a big portion of West Texas as a widespread area of North Texas went under severe weather alert. Billy Mark Geron, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Geron, who lives three miles southeast of Westbrook, was killed when he was struck by lightening Saturday afternoon nine miles west of Colorado City. The accident happened when Billy and his two brothers, Harold Joe, 13, and David, 9, went to a pasture where they lived to drive in some cows. The boys were walking about 15 feet apart when the lightening struck. Harold Joe was knocked down by the lightening bolt, but neither he nor David were injured. The youth was born March 25, 1957. Funeral arrangements are pending at Kiker and Son Funeral Home in Colorado City. Survivors are his parents; the two brothers; his sister, Margie, 3; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.N. Geron of Sweetwater; and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. J.B. Young of Sweetwater. From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (5/06/1962) * * * * * * Rites Held for Boy Hit by Lightening Colorado City - Services for lightening victim Billy Mark Geron, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Geron, were held at 10 a.m. Monday in Fundamental Baptist Church at Sweetwater with the Rev. Raymond Dunn, pastor, and the Rev. Kenneth Andress, pastor of the Westbrook Baptist Church, officiating. Burial in Sweetwater Cemetery was directed by Kiker and Son Funeral Home. The youth was killed Saturday afternoon when he was struck by lightening while driving in some cows with his two brothers. Survivors are his parents; two brothers, Harold Joe, 13, and David, 9, of the home; his sister, Margie, 3; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.N. Geron of Sweetwater; and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. J.B. Young of Sweetwater. From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (5/07/1962) * * * * * * * MITCHELL COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATE Name: Billy Mark Geron Event Type: Death Event Date: 05 May 1962 Event Place: Root Hospital, Colorado City, Mitchell, Texas, United States Cause of Death: Electrical shock (struck by lightening in a pasture near home, 3 mi. S.E. Westbrook, Mitchell Co., Texas) Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Birth Date: 25 Mar 1957 Birthplace: Snyder, Texas Father's Name: Harold J Geron Mother's Name: Evelyn Young Occupation: None Residence: 3 mi. S.E. of Westbrook, Mitchell, Texas Burial/Removal: Sweetwater Cemetery Date: 07 May 1962 Informant: Harold J. Geron Certificate Number: 37953 GS Film number: 2116972 Digital Folder Number: 005144778 Image Number: 03158 Citing this Record: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7DQ-F66 : accessed 20 June 2015), Billy Mark Geron, 05 May 1962; citing certificate number 37953, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,972. * * * * * *

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