Willard Ervin Abernathy

Male 1935 - 1948  (12 years)


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  • Name Willard Ervin Abernathy 
    Born 31 Jul 1935  Scott, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Jun 1948  Whitewater, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 6 Jun 1948  Bollinger, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Plainview Cemetery
    Person ID I4972  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2020 

    Father Harry Joseph Abernathy,   b. 23 Oct 1901, Shrum, Bollinger, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1984, Whitewater, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Gladys M. Campbell,   b. 15 Sep 1903, Scott, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1941, Farmington, St Francois, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 7 Sep 1925  Morley, Scott, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F1763  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Jul 1935 - Scott, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Jun 1948 - Whitewater, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 6 Jun 1948 - Bollinger, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Willard was accidentally shot by George Campbell, his grandfather, on a hunting trip.

      The Sikeston Herald (Missouri), Thursday, June 10, 1948; page 9 -
      Cape County Youth Killed While Hunting

      Last Saturday Willard Abernathy, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Abernathy, who live near Whitewater in Cape Girardeau county, was fatally shot by his grandfather, George M. Campbell of Morley, who was visiting in the Abernathy home.

      It is reported that the grandfather went squirrel hunting near the Abernathy home early Saturday morning and that a little later, without his knowledge, the lad also went hunting. In the dim light of the morning Campbell saw something moving in a clump of bushes and fired his gun at it. The object was his grandson.

      Notes from death certificate (Missouri State File No. 15659; Willard Ervin Abernathy):
      - Immediate cause of death: Shock & Hemorrhage due to being shot by a 12 gauge double barrel shot gun. The charge going into the right frontal bone.
      - Death was ruled an accident. Injury occurred at Crump, Cape Girardeau County on Roy Grindstaff farm - Whitewater, Mo. Means of injury: Shot gun

      (See also: Willard Ervin Abernathy's Standard Certificate of Death)

  • Sources 
    1. [S254] Newspaper Article.
      "The Sikeston Herald," Sikeston, Missouri, Thursday, June 10, 1948

    2. [S534] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
      Marriage License (digital image) for Harry J. Abernathy and Gladyss M. Campbell