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claimed that 700 Allied wax applied for mow than an hour. They were crushed and suffocated. 1 BobBy Saieed, their playmate, wm outside when the cave-in occurred. He gave the. alarm and firemen and time to remove the debate cowing the boys' bodies. j Brace Skinner was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Skinner, formerly of Farmville. Bill Waxd was » eon of Mrs. Mary Louise Turnaffe Ward, of Greenvftle. : The <*ve, on the river bank, opposite the Marine airfield, was * favorite spot for boys. The entrance was small but there were indications that the interior had been enlarged. Coroner Griffin H. Boose deeined an inquest unnecessary. Funeral services for Bruce Ervin Skinner, were held from the home, 808 West Fourth street, Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock Dr. John D. Simons, pester of Memorial Baptist church, officiated, assisted by Rev. E. C. Chamblee at the Farmville Baptist church. Members «f Boy Scout-Troop No. 36 were honorary ballbearer*. The High School choir sang. Burial was in the Farmville cemetery. Surviving are his parents, a brother, Rufus G. Skinner at the U. S. Merchant Marine; two sister, Mr). Aubrey Taylor and Miss Genddine Skinner at the home, and a maternal grandfather, Paul Allen of Farmville. The tragic death of the two boys, popular at school and elsewhere, cast a wave of sorrow over the community.^ 4 to<ffhing phase of the rescue work was the large number at persons who volunteered their services in first aid for the stricken lads. Fire Chief George Gardner and Assistant Chief Jetper L. Jones, Policemen Ayseue and M>*ley, Frank Parks and Norman WHkeraon, ambulance attendants and others were praised for thur heroic work. cave with a" rope attached to his body CO And S-44 BeTo Be Lost In it Mr*. Burnett® who has Iwn nsorted missing in t1m Eurtpean theater. Technical Sergeant Herbert Bemby Burnette, radio-gunner on * lying fortrsas-having been reported Missing last March. A third «0» Staff Sergeant Joab Penneil Burlette, was with the first Marines who pnded on Guadalcanal and is still on tctiye doty in the South Pacifie. Lt. Clay Burnett* entered the •rvice in January, Z941, as a memter of the North Carolina National r — - ■ - —1,1 ■■ * • — jiuard- In March, 1941, he transferred to the army air corps and rewived his training at Phoenix, Ari INJURED lain, a clasimat* of tfe Peace Colleg®, Raleig*, w< honor. Hv crepe dress w pink shade, with which a} shall hat of flower*. H« corsage ww of white roaor William E. Drake, uf waa hi» brother'* best ma
The Farmville Enterprise (Farmville, N.C.)
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