Boone Co.. Obits ************************************************************************ Submitted by: Brenda Farmer-Cheever E-mail Niece of L.B. Farmer Date: 10/29/02 Copyright: All rights reserved. USGENWEB ARCHIVES DISCLAIMER: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ************************************************************************ Harrison Times - Boone County - Death Date: October 14, 1941 HARRISON YOUTH KILLED BY AIR RIFLE PELLET 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.. ************************************************************************