Submitted by

Barbara (Caddell) Fox

Waco News-Tribune
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 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.