Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Bach, Peter C. Jr., 1987 

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Accidental shooting results in death of 25-year old man 

Staff Report 

  A city man died early Sunday morning following an accidental shooting. 

  According to police, Peter Clement Bach Jr., 25, of 6977 Ruritan Boulevard, 
was shot in the head with a Marlin 30.30 approximately 5:30 a.m.  Ronald K. 
Laplante, of the 2800 block of Box Elder Road, was inspecting the gun and 
thought that it was empty. 

  Bach was pronounced dead at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. 

  Also on Sunday morning, a Suffolk man and a three-year-old boy escaped from 
a small apartment fire by jumping from a second story window.  Donald 
Lassiter, of 901 Hofler Apartments, was treated and released from Obici 
Hospital for arm and shoulder burns. 

  Fire department officials say the boy started the fire shortly after 9:30 
a.m. by playing with a cigarette lighter.  He was not injured, and his mother, 
Estelle Mizell, and his sister escaped by the front door without suffering any 
injuries. 

  Damage was estimated at $2,000 to the apartment and $1,000 to the contents. 
Other apartments were not damaged. 

  A city man was robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning as he walked across 
the 6th Street Bridge.  Ricky V. Byrum, of the 1000 block of Blythwood Lane, 
told police one or more suspects pointed a double barrel shotgun at his head 
at approximately 3:45 a.m. and told him to keep his head pointed to the 
ground.  The thieves made off with $70, a Timex watch, a pair of beige shoes 
and a leather jacket.  Police noted that Byrum was intoxicated when he made 
the robbery report and was unable to provide a description of the suspects. 

  Their investigation is continuing in the incident. 


Peter Clement BACH, Jr., of Suffolk, drywall installer, 
b. 11 Sep 1961, VA, accidentally shot 13 Dec 1987, Suffolk, 
interred in the RAWLES-ELLIS family cemetery*, Manning Rd., Whaleyville, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 65, No. 298, Mon., Dec. 14, 1987, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

An obit also appeared in the "Daily Press," Dec. 15, 1987. 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (NV-II-5), an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by FRRoss- is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #74362104, which calls it the Rawles Cemetery. 
   (Cemetery ID #51807) 

D.Cert. 87-042773 calls it the ELLIS Family Cemetery, and states the shooting 
   was allgedly accidental. 

His father, P.C. BACH, Sr. (1938 - 2005), is buried in the Southern Nevada 
   Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Clark Co., NV. 

His mother, Vivian Kathleen (TURNER BACH HOLLAND) GRIGGS (1940 - 2016), 
   is buried in Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #73: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Vivian's Find a Grave Memorial #158026964 & her Parr Funeral Home obit give 
   her as the daughter of William Ashley & Dorothy (BUTLER) ELLIS.  Rather, 
   her father was Dorothy's first husband Thomas J. TURNER (1921 - 1947). 
   Thomas has been added to the RAWLES-ELLIS family cemetery, per his D.Cert. 
   & coverage of his death ("Suffolk News-Herald," Aug. 11 & 13, 1947, p. 3): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/newspapers/19470811nh.txt 

William & Dorothy are buried in Southampton Memorial Park, Franklin - 
   Devotion I, Plot 205.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt 


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