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Show David S. Cardon, 14, Killed By Gun In Outing Accident Residents of Cedar City were shocked Saturday morning to learn of tha tragic death of David S. Cardon, 14-year-old son of Mrs. Florence B. Cardon. In a Scouting trip accident, bringing tragedy into in-to the home for the second time in less than two months, the boy's fath.r having died on February 2Cth. David died almost Instantly from an accidental gunshot wound while on an overnight hike with seventeen seven-teen other members of the Third Ward Boy Scout Troop. The troop was camped .near the highway fifteen miles Wist of Cedar City. The accident occured as Wallce Oibornc, Scout Master, was unloading un-loading a small starting pistol that was accidentally discharged, the small calibre bullet piercing the boy's heart. Doctors report that had the bullet struck an Inch or so in any direction from the spot it penetrated the boy's body the injury probably would not even have been serious. Mr. Osborne reported at an Inquest In-quest conducted Leloru A.'px H, Rollo, Justice of the Peace, that the gun had been taken on the trip by mistake, and that when the Scouts saw the gun he reluctantly reluc-tantly allowed them to each take a couple of shots at targets, and that the fatal shot was fired as he attempted to reload the gun for the boys. The group had gone on the trip on their blcjvles, and had no other transportation, so Mr. Osborne haikd a passing motorist and sent the boys body to town and requested request-ed that Sheriff S. C. Lamb be notified no-tified Immediately. The group then remained at the scene of th accident acci-dent until the Shoriff arrived to make his Investigation. Members of the coroner's Jury were L. N. Marsden, Jr., C. J. Beasley and Olen Heaton. David Cardon was bom at Logan Lo-gan on January 13, 1932, a son of Thomas Bartlie and Florence Sutton Sut-ton Cardon. He moved here with his parents 12 years ago, and had been an active and energetic student stu-dent and scout. He is survived by his mother, a brother, Thomas B. Cardon, Jr., a sister, Suzanne Cardon, all of Cedar City; grandparents, B. T. Cardon and Dr. and Mrs. D. J. Sutton, and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Lucy S. Cardon, all 0f Logan. Funeral services were conducted In the Cdar Third Ward Chapel Monday forenoon with Bishop A. E. Whatcoit presiding. The body was taken to Logan for burial. Music for the services consisted of three numbers by the Third Ward Junior Choir of which David had been a member. The Choir under the direction of C. S. Thorn-wall, Thorn-wall, and with Miss Audrey Dot-son Dot-son at the organ, sang "Sometime We'll Understand". "1 Know My Heavenly Father Knows", and "Oh How The Morning Sun", with Miss Laurl Dee Thompson as soloist. Speakers were D. C. Dix and B. Glen Kenney, and sentiments from the Junior High School student body and faculty were given by Don Knight, school mate of David's. Invocation was by Raymond Lunt, and benediction by Truman Rollins. |