On January 19, 2008, Bronner (Cornbread) Burgess, the two-year-old son of Rick Burgess drowned, according to the Shelby County Sheriff's Department. Bronner Burgess loss is a tragedy that no one should suffer.
Shelby County deputies and North Shelby Fire and Emergency Medical personnel responded to a house in Indian Springs Village around 7:30 p.m. and discovered William Bronner Burgess had fallen into a pool.
Exhaustive medical efforts were unsuccessful to save Bronner Burgess' life and the child was pronounced dead at Children's Hospital in Birmingham, according to the sheriff's department.
Bronner Burgess was the son of the radio personality Rick Burgess, co-host of The Rick and Bubba Show (www.rickandbubba.com). Sadly, the Burgess junior had died , announced a message on the show's website. The cause of 2-year-old Bronner Burgess' death was not elaborated in the announcement:
We ask that you bathe Rick, Sherri, and the entire Burgess family in prayer as they deal with the loss of their youngest son, Bronner Burgess.
We all are grieving together in this terrible loss.
The Burgess's want to give all Honor and Glory to GOD for the many blessings He has given us, especially the life of Bronner Burgess. And while we do not understand, we know who is in charge and His will be done in life and in death.
At the current time, the arrangements and specifics are unknown. As more information becomes available, we will pass them along. To send your condolences to the family, please send those to prayers@rickandbubba.com.
May God bless Bronner Burgess and give patience to his parents and family members. This is very sad and our hearts are broken to hear and report this news.
About 300 children under the age of 5 drown each year in U.S. swimming pools. At the time of such incidents, most victims were being supervised by one or both parents. Nearly 70 percent of the children were not expected to be near the pool when they were found in the water, read the report from Mayo Clinic.
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#1 Bronner Burgess
Our hearts are broken to hear the sad news about Bronner Burgess. No child or parent should experience this. Please accept our condoleances.
#2 Bronner Burgess
It would set a good example to the rest of the world if the parents responsible for his death spend time in jail !
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/07/13/news/californian/21_31_217_12_06.txt
#3 Shame on you! Shame on you
Shame on you! Shame on you for saying such a thing! You obviously do not have small children, especially boys! There is no parent responsible for this. I have two small boys myself, and I would love to stick them in a "safe bubble". But, that is not possible. I have safety knobs on all of the doors, but my boys can still open some of them. You can't keep CONSTANT watch on your kids without chaining them to you, and...to each other! And somehow, I bet you would think of that as child abuse!
The bottom line is...Our kids are a gift from God from the moment of their first breath. And every moment after that is a gift. All we can do is love them, try to protect them, and be thankful for every precious moment. My heart goes out to the Burgess family. No parent should ever have to go through the loss of a child. The family has been and will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers.
#4 You are so right!
I can't believe someone would think this was a parents fault. It is true that what you said about chaining your kids to you being child abuse. My husband and I bought one of those monkey leashes from Walmart and when we take out 2 boys out I have to put the monkey on my 2 1/2 year old son. I receive MANY negative comments about people thinking this is cruel. You can't win in this world. All we can do is love them the time they are given to us on earth. My heart goes out to the Burgess family.
#5 May God forgive you for your
May God forgive you for your hateful words
#6 may God
forgive you and your hateful judging
#7 Bronner Burgess
Before you make comments to add insult to the worst kind of injury there is to a parent, why don't you focus on your own life & keep out of others. You have no idea of the circumstances surrounding this poor childs' death. None of us do. And further more, if you're a parent, I can PROMISE you aren't perfect and a lot of our every day common decisions could always result in harm. It grieves me that you would be this insensitive to this family. Don't you know that anything you could think to blame on them, they've already thought? They are probably blaming themselves for more than we can imagine. Sometimes, there are truly just ACCIDENTS. Not everything can be blamed on someone. All too quickly in today's world do we yearn to place blame. Well, you know what? Maybe there's NO ONE at fault. Maybe it was an accident. Maybe it was all in God's plan. Maybe God knows better than we ever could. I am completely appalled that you would send this kind of message. God help us all.
#8 I hope Hell has a special
I hope Hell has a special place for creeps like you, you sob!
#9 hope they have a special
place for you while you judge this person
#10 Reply to the coward
It would set a good example to the rest of the world if you learned the word COMPASSION....and another one.....ACCIDENT!
#11 Little Bronner
IT STILL AMAZES ME HOW SOME PEOPLE CAN BE SO CRUEL AND HATEFUL WITH WORDS...I JUST HOPE SOMETHING SO TRAGIC DOESN'T HAPPEN TO THIS HARD HEARTED PERSON...LIFE CAN SEEM SO CRUEL AND UNFAIR, BUT PEOPLE CAN BE WORSE.. MAY GOD BLESS AND FORGIVE YOU....
#12 Moron
Having three children of my own I know it is NOT possible to keep your eyes on all three at All times. Only someone without children, or even common sense, would hide under anonimity and post something so totally inappropriate. There is a special place for you in hell if you don't realize the error of your ways.
Angie
#13 Idiots like you should be in jail!
Wow!! You must really be proud to belong to "Morons of America Club." It is a real moron that would say such a thing. A total IDIOT!!!! How do you know if the parents were even at home at the time of the accident. Someone else could have been incharge of the children. Accidents happen to the best of people. Even to people who are as careful as can be. God help you if your ever faced with this situation. May people show you the same compassion as you have shown this family. Lord, Forgive the idiot for they know not what they say!!
#14 and God
doesnt appreciate you calling this person an idiot and a moron
#15 You are a very bad person.
You are a very bad person. Maybe you should spend time in jail for saying that. You apparently have never had children and you don't know how they can be. Those parents are suffering and probably already blame theirselves for this. Maybe you will suffer a loss and then you can understand, mean time please don't post such comments for all the world to see because it make you look like a real a*%$%^&%*^*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#16 and
your such a great human being as you sit and judge the character of someone whom you have never met....very Christian
#17 B you sound like a stirrer
I'm guessing you are the one who wrote the first topic so that you could come back and accuse spiritually immature christians. I guess you are mad since your daddy (who is ultimately responsible for all stirring and deception and death) messed up and took a kid that has brought even more people into the kingdom of God. Way to go do-do....God has overcome no matter how much you protest and accuse and taunt!
#18 actually
im not the one who wrote the first post....and your just a perfect example of what im talking about
#19 Have you ever walked in the Burgess Family shoes?
Obviously, you have never walked in the shoes the Burgess family is walking in
now. If this were your child, would you want someone to make a comment such as
this about you as parents? You, nor others, are in Control. Even though we sometimes don't understand, you need to think about the statement the Burgess
Family placed on RickandBubba website: They gave praise and glory to God for
the time God allowed them to spend with Bronner. That shows the faith they have
in God and that God will give them, in time, the peace that passes all understanding. My prayer is that you will reconsider your statement and retract.
May God wrap you in His arms of love and help you to see how wrong you are.
#20 Coward
It really does not suprise me that someone would want so much attention that they have to be so heartless to get it. A coward is someone who turns tail. That is exactly the case with you. Anonymous means you want to stir people up by saying such evil. This is the first time I have ever visited this site and I would hope that the comments would be preread. I have no kids and never been married. I have partied my whole life,and never been one that worried to much about anything else but myself. The reason I say that is because I am not somene who just sits around and looks at this site. I dont want to stir anything up and get the attention away from celebrating the life of such a beautiful young boy. I am someone who knows that accidents happen. You should be very proud of yourself for that comment. It reflects on your parents and if you were not so affraid you would let everyone know who you are. I hope that this never happens to you and maybe this accident will one day affect you in the same way it has me. I only think of Gods work and how I need a change when i hear of how the family is handling this with their beliefs. That sends a strong messege to me and I hope that this will be a wake up for me and my faith. Faith and stenght is what everyone should take out of this. Not anything else. I just hope the family never has to see the words of this coward.
#21 Bronner Burgess
As a mother whose 2-year-old son drowned 39 years ago, I can tell you: Bronner's mother, in her heart, has been sentenced to a lifetime of feeling guilty. Words such as those spoken by Anonymous only serve to cut the heart right out. May God forgive you.
#22 bronner burgess
You should be disgusted with yourself. Shame on you. You obviously do not have children. But if you do, you should be a little more sympathetic you may be in their shoes one day.
#23 I will pray for you!
Everyone please realize that this whole event is attack from Satan, Satan has an army as does our Lord and Savior! Anonymous, please search deep in your heart for peace from God to keep you from saying such terrible, terrible things! That poor mother is going to have a hard enough time forgiving herself. Fortunately she is a believer and there is no doubt in my mind that the Burgess' will fight this fight and win! Glory to God for the life of Bronner Burgess. I have certainly took a step back this week and examined my own life and by doing that I have found out that if this had happened to me and my children, I don't know that I am close enough to God to overcome. I have talked to God more this week than I have in the 31 years I have been alive.
Everyone please pull together and pray for "Anonymous" that he will search and find God Almighty!! Anonymous, I love you and I will pray for you!!!!
#24 A wasted mind...
The ability to say anything doesn't give you the right to say anything. Some people miss that. Unfortunatly, fools still feel the need to speak.
#25 I think all of you are
I think all of you are focusing on that very hateful person to much.
When really we should be thinking of Rick and his family. The person who said those hateful words will be dealt with by GOD. If everyone is writing about him then thats what he wants. All the focus on him. Write about your love and support and prayers for this family. Because trust me this guy or girl is laughing about it.
#26 Are you a parent? This
Are you a parent? This could happen to anyone. Do you honestly believe Mrs Burgess got in the shower with the intention of something happening to any of her children? This is a tragedy and NO one, including you, should be pointing fingers.
#27 Thats awfuly christian of
all of you with the words of hate towards this person and his opinion....such hope there is a place in hell for sob's like you.....coward...etc etc this person has an opinion just as everyone of you do whether you think its wrong or right doesnt give any of you the right to say the things yall have said....do i agree with this person...not at all i feel awful for the burgess family but you all have no right to say things like yall are doing during this time of tragedy
#28 No one purposely drowned
No one purposely drowned this child. It was a tragic accident, and the family is wrought with grief as it is. For someone to assume that the parents are at fault is ridiculous and before you make comments as painful and accusatory as the one you did you need to take a moment to consider that the world is not black and white. There is not always a person responsible behind a death. Sometimes it IS just an accident
#29 bronner burgess
Shame on you for saying such a hurtful and cruel thing. You obviously are ashamed of your own comments or you would not have hidden yourself. It is obvious that you do not have children and you do not have Christ in your life. I pray that the Burgess Family never sees this comment but most importantly I pray that you will find God and ask Him to fogive you of your sins. The Burgess Family is living every parents worst nightmare. I have three precious children and I pray to God that I never know the pain that Rick and Sherri are experiencing right now. Please get on your knees and give your life to God. You will no longer have the desires to hurt your fellow brother as you so desire now. I will be praying for you....
#30 How dare you?
You could not possibly be a parent. I'm not even sure you are human and you're certainly not a Christian. I cannot tell you the countless times that I have left my children downstairs watching TV to take a shower myself. She, I am sure, took every precaution to insure the safety of all her children. This family is going through enough grief without comments like this. I hope you never have to go through a tragedy like this. If you do, you will understand just how stupid your comments sounded.