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R I P Lil Gunner ( I wonder if he was a poster here)


Ross's final goodbye
VALLEY schoolboy Ross Fergus was remembered by family and friends at his funeral last Friday as a "unique and kind friend".
Mourners said a final farewell at St Anne's Church in Worksop to the 14-year-old Prospect youngster whose death was the result of a deadly 'prank'.
The lethal gimmick involves a form of self asphyxiation which causes a person to faint and is widely reported as an excuse by children to secure time off school.
Ross' mother Judith discovered him in the bathroom, unconscious on 29th September.
She raised the alarm and he was taken to Bassetlaw Hospital where he died the next day.
During the funeral, Hank Marvin's rendition of Everything I Do was played as crowds of mourners gathered in a packed St Anne's Church on Newcastle Avenue.
Rows of school children held hands and hugged each other as they remembered their good friend who was said to have a smile for everyone.
Rev Simon Cash led the mourners in prayers and said of Ross: "He was a beloved son, brother, uncle and friend and will be missed by everyone."
He told mourners that Ross was a modest boy, who could play both acoustic and electric guitar.
"He was truly unique. He taught himself to play the guitar, and on his website he said 'I'm not crap, I'm not the best, but I am pretty darn good'."
During the service, Rev Cash spoke about Ross' love of computer games, and about how he has been playing them since he was little and liked to play games online.
He also talked about Ross's love for rock music, which he shared with his mother and his brother Ralph.
Ross' head of year teacher, Penny Agar, spoke during the service and said she was touched by the maturity of his classmates in handling the news.
"Ross stood out ? he was funny, kind, and looked out for the younger children and had manners ? that was Ross," she said.
During the service, Don't Cry ? by Ross' favourite group Guns 'N' Roses ? echoed through the church, moving the majority of mourners to tears.
Ross' coffin stood at the front of the church, with a sea of deep red roses spilling over it.
A brightly coloured Guns 'N' Roses wreath revealed Ross' passion for music once more.
Ross' mother Judy bravely stood up to say a few words about her son whose smile could 'light up the darkest room', and thanked him for the memories they had shared.
"Thank you for the twinkle in your eye. Thank you for making me laugh. Thank you for letting me kiss your bumps and scrapes better, and thank you for the hugs you gave me when I was down", she said.
"I am not saying goodbye Ross, because you will never leave me. I love you,"
She then went on to read out a touching poem she had written, which ended with the line: "When I hold you in my arms once more, the sun will shine like never before."
The service was followed by cremation at Sherwood Forest Crematorium.
27 October 2006

:( rest in peace

Rest In Peace

RIP Lil Gunner

Where is the youngster who was new here and who posted a few weeks back saying he was suicidal?

You know, people told him off saying it was bullshit because it was internet ?

Wasn't he 14 ?  :-X

That was Rocksteady... and he was 17 I think.

But this is really sad... Rest In Peace li'l Gunner, you will be missed.

My deepest sympathies and best wishes to his friends and family.

RIP young gunner  :(

Thats sad...RIP Lil Gunner

peace go with you, lil gunner.  thats sad news.

RIP lil gunner  :(
I hate people die so young  >:(

RIP

 :no:

rip

That stinks, he'll never get to hear CD now :(

RIP

RIP.

RIP


-PEACE-

Well... you can imagine that he's probably listening to it right now and hangin' out with Jimi, Dime, Janis, and Bill Hicks.

Its sad... but if you think of all the cool things he'll get to do now... well... it makes it a bit easier to deal with.

Rest In Peace!

RIP little dude :'(

RIP Li'l buddy!

rip bro!

RIP man :(

Man, this is a sad story.  :'( My deepest sympathies to the family of the young gunner. 

RIP lil rocker, i want dont cry at my funeral and my coffin late at the same time. hope you enjoyed you're life.

Rest In Peace...

I was actually thinking about this the other day... How many fans will never get to listen to the album after all these years of waiting.

I still consider myself lucky after 2001...

Care to share the story with us Christos?  :-\

RIP, buddy!  :-\

RIP Man

And this is precisely why Axl Rose needs to release Chinese Democracy, because every day that passes there is another GN'R fan somewhere who dies. (And I'm not joking or mocking this, I'm serious.) There was a girl who died last year from cancer, I think, and she had been posting on MyGNR for years waiting for CD...she never got to hear it.

Sorry but not the place for a rant like that have some respect

RIP, Lil GUNNER, wow that hit some chords inside of me. :(

Well, I was about to do something reaaaally stupid, but Estranged saved me...

Anyway...

Say Hello To Heaven, Little Dude.

You're okay now.

Yesterday is a memory.
Tomorrow a mystery.
Only today is a Gift - and that is why it's call "The Present."

Brett

Thank God for Estranged.


Poor Lil Gunner, rest in peace. 

RIP

RIP little gunner. :'(

RIP lil gunner.

As a young mother, i really feel for his parents.

RIP

RIP :'(

That is so sad. RIP Little Gunner!!! That funeral must have been so poignant with them playing DON'T CRY. What a great MOM.

I'm being entirely serious and respectful, my friend. There was a poster on MyGNRForum who died of cancer last year and her dying wish was to hear CD and she never got to. She had been slowly dying for a while and many of her friends on MyGNR knew about it, and when she passed away they were told so by her family and posted a "tribute" of sorts to her. It was a very sad thing. I wasn't saying this to start a rant; it was just a passing comment.

It's one of those things that you never really THINK about until it happens...until she died I was selfishly waiting to hear CD myself, but then I realized that there are actually people who are going to die before this thing is released. Then again I could die tomorrow so the same thing could happen to me.

I fail to see how you can tell me to "have some respect" when that is precisely what I'm doing. This is a very sad and moving thing and I offer my condolences (sp?) to the family.

It's cool that they played Don't Cry at the funeral, too. I think that's special.

I know you meant no offence by your post and yes the topic is worthy of discussion and it has been discussed before as well, but i am pretty certain that the album was the last thing on poor Ross's mind during his last moments. Id like to think he is at peace and when the album is released he will get to hear it upstairs. The other reason i picked up on your post was because you didnt offer any condolences in your original post all it seemed was to be a dig at Axl.

 :peace:

rip fellow gunner

Nothing more to add here - just another RIP and sending some good karma to his family.

This is too cool. I mean, my condolences for the kid and his family, but for the kid to be a GN'R fan, what a way to go.

Don't Cry 'Lil Gunner...

Personally, I want Paradise City played for my final song at my funeral. Pyro & confetti and all!  :peace: :smoking:

thats the song i want playing at my funeral, something epic and OTT like mt fav band. : ok: