10, Jackson Grubb, a third grader at Sophia Soak Creek Elementary, was found dead by sister in their family’s home.
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Raleigh County deputies said they found Jackson dead Saturday, and they said it appeared he hanged himself. “But Jack’s the type that holds things in and I couldn’t get it out of him”, she said.
According to Betsy, Jackson Grubb had used multiple tactics to try to come to terms with his bullies, largely using his sense of humor and even reportedly getting physical with the children who relentlessly tormented him.
Jackson’s grandmother and guardian, Betsy Baber, told the local NBC affiliate that the third grader was bullied at school and that in the couple weeks before his death she had noticed a change in the boy.
Those who loved him are grieving his loss but also want to help prevent this tragedy from happening to others.
On Saturday afternoon the boy’s sister found her brother’s body in his room after she went to cheer him up with a frog she had found outside.
“He was always just beep bobbing around, action Jackson”, Maranda Cook, a family friend, said.
“I miss my baby brother”. Fly high brother we miss you so so much … and we all love you … He was having problems at school and his bullies were showing up near the trailer park where they live.
‘I don’t know what he was thinking, ‘ Jackson’s uncle Shane Baber said. “I love you bubba”.
Jackson, who attended school at Sophia Soak Creek Elementary in rural Sophia, W.V., was a quiet boy and was picked on because he was small, Baber said.
A GoFundMe page has been set up for Jackson Grubb’s family to help them cover the costs of the expenses related to his unexpected suicide.
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“Never understand why the world makes it so much easier to be a bully and yet so much HARDER to be a friend to someone”, one donor posted. “Jackson, may you now be in PEACE”.
