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Waco News-Tribune
Waco, Texas
Thursday, August 15, 1957
Marlin Rites Held for Tot Fire Victim
MARLIN, Aug. 14 -- SPL -- Funeral services for John Alan Stone, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Kyle Stone of Route 2, Regan, were held Wednesday at Church of Christ in Marlin with burial in Criswell Cemetery.
The child died in a Groesbeck hospital Monday from burns received Sunday at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Beaver of Fort Parker.
His parents said the child was playing in the bathroom and managed to turn open a butane gas valve. The gas was ignited by the pilot light of a water heater. The boy was burned on the body and face.
Surviving are his parents; one brother, Steve Stone; and one sister, Rebecca Sue Stone; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Beaver; and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Stone of Big Hill.
Waco, Texas
Thursday, August 15, 1957
Marlin Rites Held for Tot Fire Victim
MARLIN, Aug. 14 -- SPL -- Funeral services for John Alan Stone, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Kyle Stone of Route 2, Regan, were held Wednesday at Church of Christ in Marlin with burial in Criswell Cemetery.
The child died in a Groesbeck hospital Monday from burns received Sunday at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Beaver of Fort Parker.
His parents said the child was playing in the bathroom and managed to turn open a butane gas valve. The gas was ignited by the pilot light of a water heater. The boy was burned on the body and face.
Surviving are his parents; one brother, Steve Stone; and one sister, Rebecca Sue Stone; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Beaver; and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Stone of Big Hill.