MORGANTON, N.C. -- A 16-year-old boy has died while exercising with his teammates on a football team for homeschooled children in North Carolina.
Paramedics said someone called 911 on Thursday evening and said a teen had collapsed from the heat. Authorities say Luke Killian died a short time later at the hospital.
Killian played for the Morganton Mountaineers, a football team made up of children ages 12 to 18 who are taught at home.
Mountaineers Coach Doug Deitz told The News-Herald of Morganton that several of his players decided to practice on their own Thursday and Killian collapsed as they warmed up with sit-ups and lunges.
Even though Thursday was humid with temperatures in the 80s, Deitz doesn't think heat problems caused Killian's death. He hoped an autopsy would help determine what killed his player.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
OBITUARY:
Luke Carson Killian, age 16, of Brown Mountain Beach Road, Collettsville, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Grace Hospital. He was born April 1, 1995 in Caldwell County to Phillip T. and Elizabeth "Libby" Carpenter Killian of the home. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Carpenter; and paternal grandmother, Audrey Killian.
Luke was a member of Mulvale Baptist Church. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved working with his horses.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a sister, Anna Elizabeth Killian of the home; maternal grandfather, Charles Max Carpenter of Wilson Creek; paternal grandfather, Robert T. Killian of Wilson Creek; and two uncles, Robert Wayne Killian and Charles Kenneth Carpenter.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Mulvale Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Brian Smith, Dr. Richard Davis and Rev. Stanley Townsend. Interment will follow at Mortimer Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home.
Serving as pallbearers will be: Rev. Mark Annas, Noah Roberts, Seth Byerly, Dillon Paul Cox, John-David Miller, Matt Phillips, Christian Carswell and Jordan Payne.
Honorary pallbearers will be Morganton Mountaineers Football Team and Taft Clark.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Morganton Mountaineers, 3324 Primrose Court, Hudson, NC 28638.
Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Paramedics said someone called 911 on Thursday evening and said a teen had collapsed from the heat. Authorities say Luke Killian died a short time later at the hospital.
Killian played for the Morganton Mountaineers, a football team made up of children ages 12 to 18 who are taught at home.
Mountaineers Coach Doug Deitz told The News-Herald of Morganton that several of his players decided to practice on their own Thursday and Killian collapsed as they warmed up with sit-ups and lunges.
Even though Thursday was humid with temperatures in the 80s, Deitz doesn't think heat problems caused Killian's death. He hoped an autopsy would help determine what killed his player.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
OBITUARY:
Luke Carson Killian, age 16, of Brown Mountain Beach Road, Collettsville, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Grace Hospital. He was born April 1, 1995 in Caldwell County to Phillip T. and Elizabeth "Libby" Carpenter Killian of the home. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Carpenter; and paternal grandmother, Audrey Killian.
Luke was a member of Mulvale Baptist Church. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved working with his horses.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a sister, Anna Elizabeth Killian of the home; maternal grandfather, Charles Max Carpenter of Wilson Creek; paternal grandfather, Robert T. Killian of Wilson Creek; and two uncles, Robert Wayne Killian and Charles Kenneth Carpenter.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Mulvale Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Brian Smith, Dr. Richard Davis and Rev. Stanley Townsend. Interment will follow at Mortimer Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home.
Serving as pallbearers will be: Rev. Mark Annas, Noah Roberts, Seth Byerly, Dillon Paul Cox, John-David Miller, Matt Phillips, Christian Carswell and Jordan Payne.
Honorary pallbearers will be Morganton Mountaineers Football Team and Taft Clark.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Morganton Mountaineers, 3324 Primrose Court, Hudson, NC 28638.
Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
MORGANTON, N.C. -- A 16-year-old boy has died while exercising with his teammates on a football team for homeschooled children in North Carolina.
Paramedics said someone called 911 on Thursday evening and said a teen had collapsed from the heat. Authorities say Luke Killian died a short time later at the hospital.
Killian played for the Morganton Mountaineers, a football team made up of children ages 12 to 18 who are taught at home.
Mountaineers Coach Doug Deitz told The News-Herald of Morganton that several of his players decided to practice on their own Thursday and Killian collapsed as they warmed up with sit-ups and lunges.
Even though Thursday was humid with temperatures in the 80s, Deitz doesn't think heat problems caused Killian's death. He hoped an autopsy would help determine what killed his player.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
OBITUARY:
Luke Carson Killian, age 16, of Brown Mountain Beach Road, Collettsville, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Grace Hospital. He was born April 1, 1995 in Caldwell County to Phillip T. and Elizabeth "Libby" Carpenter Killian of the home. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Carpenter; and paternal grandmother, Audrey Killian.
Luke was a member of Mulvale Baptist Church. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved working with his horses.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a sister, Anna Elizabeth Killian of the home; maternal grandfather, Charles Max Carpenter of Wilson Creek; paternal grandfather, Robert T. Killian of Wilson Creek; and two uncles, Robert Wayne Killian and Charles Kenneth Carpenter.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Mulvale Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Brian Smith, Dr. Richard Davis and Rev. Stanley Townsend. Interment will follow at Mortimer Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home.
Serving as pallbearers will be: Rev. Mark Annas, Noah Roberts, Seth Byerly, Dillon Paul Cox, John-David Miller, Matt Phillips, Christian Carswell and Jordan Payne.
Honorary pallbearers will be Morganton Mountaineers Football Team and Taft Clark.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Morganton Mountaineers, 3324 Primrose Court, Hudson, NC 28638.
Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Paramedics said someone called 911 on Thursday evening and said a teen had collapsed from the heat. Authorities say Luke Killian died a short time later at the hospital.
Killian played for the Morganton Mountaineers, a football team made up of children ages 12 to 18 who are taught at home.
Mountaineers Coach Doug Deitz told The News-Herald of Morganton that several of his players decided to practice on their own Thursday and Killian collapsed as they warmed up with sit-ups and lunges.
Even though Thursday was humid with temperatures in the 80s, Deitz doesn't think heat problems caused Killian's death. He hoped an autopsy would help determine what killed his player.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
OBITUARY:
Luke Carson Killian, age 16, of Brown Mountain Beach Road, Collettsville, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Grace Hospital. He was born April 1, 1995 in Caldwell County to Phillip T. and Elizabeth "Libby" Carpenter Killian of the home. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Carpenter; and paternal grandmother, Audrey Killian.
Luke was a member of Mulvale Baptist Church. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved working with his horses.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include a sister, Anna Elizabeth Killian of the home; maternal grandfather, Charles Max Carpenter of Wilson Creek; paternal grandfather, Robert T. Killian of Wilson Creek; and two uncles, Robert Wayne Killian and Charles Kenneth Carpenter.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Mulvale Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Brian Smith, Dr. Richard Davis and Rev. Stanley Townsend. Interment will follow at Mortimer Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home.
Serving as pallbearers will be: Rev. Mark Annas, Noah Roberts, Seth Byerly, Dillon Paul Cox, John-David Miller, Matt Phillips, Christian Carswell and Jordan Payne.
Honorary pallbearers will be Morganton Mountaineers Football Team and Taft Clark.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Morganton Mountaineers, 3324 Primrose Court, Hudson, NC 28638.
Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
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