Horrall - Thomas
Source: Waveland Independent
Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana
Aug 2, 1951
The community was shocked Wednesday afternoon when Jimmy Yaryan shot Thomas HORRALL in the face at close range with a shot gun at the Yaryan farm home near Byron. The boys were trying to see which one could best the other to a draw. Harrell used a rifle while Yaryan used a shot gun. The shot gun was loaded and young Harrell died almost instantly. Each of the boys was 12. The boys were alone in the house and the guns were over the doors of the living room but Jimmy's uncle who was staying with the boys was outside heard the shot called the Parke County authorities. Basal Merrill, coroner ruled the death accidental. The Horrall lad was visiting Yaryan's farm from Indianapolis and was supposed to return home today. There survive his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stacy L. Horrall and two sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Creech and Miss Patricia Ann Horrall and the maternal grandmothers, Mrs. Hallie Layne and Mary V. Horrall of Indianapolis. Funeral will be held Friday in Indianapolis and burial in Crown Hill Cemetery.