Services for Tyler Quinn Benton, the 7 year old who fell into the Sangamon River last Saturday, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 20, in St. Timothy United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tena Bigham officiating. Burial will be in Elm Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in Plummer Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials be directed to the Menard County Emergency Service or the Hillsboro Sports Association. Young Tyler was pronounced dead Tuesday, June 16, 1998, near Petersburg. He born on December 26, 1990, in Litchfield, a son of Jeffrey Eugene and Lory Ann Crabtree Benton, and was christened in St. Timothy United Methodist Church. His parents later divorced. He resided with his father in Hillsboro this past year and had recently completed first grade at Beckemeyer School. He was a member of the Hillsboro Sports Association Pinto League on the White Sox baseball team. He attended the First Baptist Church of Hillsboro. Surviving are his father, Jeffrey Benton of Hillsboro; mother, Lory Crabtree of Petersburg; paternal grandmother, Dessie Benton of Litchfield; maternal grandparents, Billy E. and Christine Crabtree of Litchfield, Jean Howard of Athens; paternal great grandmother, Dessie Knapp of Lehigh Acres, Fla.; maternal great grandparents, Forrest and Mary Crabtree of Litchfield; half brother, Travis DeWayne Frayer of Petersburg; half sister, Stormie Marie Snider of Petersburg. Preceding him in death was his paternal grandfather, Eugene Benton. Services for Tyler Quinn Benton, of Hillsboro, were held at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Timothy United Methodist Church, Litchfield. The Rev. Tena Bigham officiated. Burial was in Elm Lawn Cemetery. Musical selections played during the service were "One Sweet Day" and "Never Forget You," both by Mariah Cary and "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" by Steve Warner. Ruth Holliday was the organist. Pallbearers were Johny Leonard, Tim Black, a cousin, Joe Crabtree and George "Buddy" Short, uncles, all of Litchfield. Plummer Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Tyler Benton, 7, was pronounced dead on Tuesday, June 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Petersburg as the result of a drowning accident. Memorials are suggested to either the Menard County Emergency Services or the Hillsboro Sports Association.