Statesville, July 28—The boyish prank of Richard Barnard, age 8, who is said to have thrown a large rock from a 20-foot bridge at Barnard’s Mill in north Iredell Sunday afternoon, his purpose being to splash water on a group of girls seated on some huge boulders at the edge of the creek, resulted in the death here last night in the Long Sanatorium of Miss Blanche Reavis of Yadkinville, Route 1.
The information is that Miss Reavis had attended the afternoon service at New Hope Baptist Church, where a revival is in progress this week, and after the service had gone to the banks of Hunting Creek nearby, in company with some girl friends. The girls were seated on a large flat rock on the edge of the water when Richard Barnard, young son of Lee Barnard, who lives near the mill, in passing over the bridge threw a large rock a distance of 20 feet from the top of the bridge, with the idea, it is said, of splashing water on the girls. The rock struck Miss Reavis on the top of the head, crushing the skull. In an unconscious state, she was taken to a nearby home where she received medical attention. She was brought here later and her death resulted last night in a local hospital.
Miss Reavis was about 20 years of age and was the daughter of George Reavis of Yadkinville, Route 1. The funeral for Miss Reavis was held today from Oak Ridge Church in Yadkin County.
From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, July 29, 1926
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