Funeral for Wyatt Pilgrim Thursday

Wyatt Pilgrim
Wyatt Pilgrim

Funeral services for 12 year old Wyatt Pilgrim who died from injuries sustained after being hit by a school bus will be Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. at the Second Baptist Church of Cedartown according to the Gammage Funeral Home. The seventh grade Cedartown Middle School student died sometime Sunday afternoon at Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta. Polk School Superintendent Marvin Williams told WGAA News that his deepest sympathies go out to the Pilgrim family during this tragic time. Williams dispatched several counselors to the middle school to help students cope with the death. Wyatt was struck by a school bus on Wednesday, September 9 at around 7:26 in the morning and had been in critical condition ever since arriving at Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta.