Funeral for child killed in fire will be Saturday

Services will be Satur-day for the 5-year-old boy who died July 13 in a Verdunville mobile home fire.
The funeral for Joshua Edward Leroy Hamilton will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in a service that will be streamed on the Jones Funeral Home Facebook page.
The boy died in a fire that State Fire Marshal’s Office investigators say was deliberately set by his uncle, Derwin Hamil-ton, 49.
Joshua was pro-nounced dead after being transported to Franklin Foundation Hospital. Stephanie Joseph, 55, was critically injured in the fire. Joseph died Sunday of her injuries.
Derwin Hamilton was arrested July 13 and admitted to setting the fire after an argument with Joseph, the State Fire Marshal’s Office said.
He was arrested on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.
Joshua is survived by his mother, Heather Hamilton of Chicago; grandparents Joy Hamilton and Lindsey Paul of Franklin Rose Hawkins; and great-grandparent Anna and Richard Burgess, all of Verdunville.