Daulton Lane Mahon was 16 when he died at his home in Ransom, Kentucky, on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. A sophomore at Belfry High School and a junior firefighter with the Blackberry Volunteer Fire Department, he was born August 6, 2003, in Williamson, West Virginia, and is remembered by family and his community.

Funeral services were held at the Belfry High School Auditorium; members of the Blackberry Volunteer Fire Department and the Williamson Fire Department served as honorary pallbearers.

The community response focused on the loss to his parents, siblings, grandparents, and friends. If anyone has information about the circumstances of that day, please share what is known.