THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Missouri. Friday, November 7, 1952. BISMARCK BOY WAS DROWNED WEDNESDAY. Billy Joe Chapman, aged 9 years, son of Mrs. Johnny Keay of Bismarck, was accidentally drowned in a cistern at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Mattingly of Elvins on Wednesday morning, November 5th. Mrs. Keay and the boy were visiting at the Mattingly home and about 10 o'clock he was missed and a search was made about the premises and a nearby wooded area. Failing to find him, the Elvins fire department was called and after searching for some time one of the firemen noticed that an abandoned cistern was uncovered, so they started to pump out the water. When the suction hose was stopped up, one of the men descended into the cistern and found the body, two hours having elapsed from the time of his disappearance until found. The body will lie in state at the Shipman & Sons Funeral Chapel in Bismarck until two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, November 8, when services will be held from the Assembly of God Church, conducted by Rev. Retta Miller, assisted by Rev. H. E. Jenkins. Interment will be in the Masonic Cemetery in Bismarck with Shipman & Sons in charge. Surviving are his mother, step-father, James Chapman, three brothers, Charles Edward, Bobby Gene and Gary Lane, and one sister, Nancy Gale. An inquest was conducted by Coroner Berl Miller at the Shipman & Sons Funeral Home at ten o'clock Tuesday morning. A verdict of accidental drowning was pronounced.