HARTSELLE, Ala. (BNN)-- As family, pals and the neighborhood collected at Danville Baptist Friday to honor the four-year-old young boy from Hartselle who passed away after a dog attack, others discovered various methods to honor him.
According to the sheriff's workplace, 4-year-old Beau Clark rode his bike over to a neighbor's home when he was attacked by a dog. Clark was required to Decatur Morgan Hospital, where he passed away as a result of his injuries.
The funeral for Clark happened Friday morning at Danville Baptist Church.
The four-year-old was a trainee at Crestline. He was referred to as really independent and a big ladies' guy who enjoyed individuals, loved morning coffee, liked to play, liked animals (pets, felines and chickens), liked his canoe, loved squirrel hunting on Flint Creek and loved to fish.
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office said some deputies assisted with the funeral procession, while others were lending an assisting hand at Hartselle City Schools. Deputies and school resource officers, as part of a larger group of volunteers, helped lend some assistance so teachers and administrators might attend Clark's funeral service, whose mother is a teacher at Hartselle High School.
Following Clark's death, Morgan County and surrounding neighborhoods have actually had an enormous profusion of support for the households.
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A scholarship fund has actually been set up in Beau's honor. Anybody wishing to donate funds for the scholarship can do so on Venmo or at any Bank Independent workplace. The scholarship will be approved annually to a Hartselle High School senior in memory of Clark.
On Tuesday night, over a hundred people collected inside J.P. Cain Stadium to pray for the Clark family. A lot of those in presence go to church with the Clark family or their children go to the very same schools. Daystar Church Youth Pastor
Austin Smith states it was a special minute for everybody to come together, to mourn and to grieve for the Clark family.
Beau is likewise being kept in mind by a regional sports team. The Danville High School Baseball group revealed on social networks that gamers will wear a special sticker label on their helmets for the remainder of the season in his memory.
After the event, authorities informed News 19 that the days following Clark's death were heart-wrenching for everyone in the county.
" There's a wide variety of individuals that awakened today simply hurting and they had to go do things that need superhuman strength," stated Mike Swafford of the MCSO. "Those instructors that had to go remain in those classrooms where kids that were good friends or kids that were in the classroom with these individuals, our heart goes out to them."
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Morgan County Coroner Jeffery Chunn posted on Facebook about the assistance the household received throughout this catastrophe.
" I have actually remained in public service going on 43 years and never seen a lot of individuals come together as one, as they did tonight ... it makes you happy to live in a community and be a part of a first responder family like this. Please continue to pray for the family in the days to come."
The household launched a declaration on Thursday, which you can read in full here, thanking the community for their love and assistance, and citing their faith as the only thing getting them through this time.
"Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for the love you've shown our family. We are blown away. We covet your prayers today and in all of the days to come as we prepare yourself to begin our brand-new regular. We also desire you to know our Jesus. He's the only thing getting us through this, and I don't understand how individuals without faith can make it through such a tragedy and loss. If you do not understand Him, please, I'm begging you to connect. I will sing of His goodness all of the days of my life," the Clark household stated.
A GoFundMe was begun on Tuesday to help support the Clark family during this time, and has actually raised over $90,000. You can find the link to the GoFundMe here.
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