Zechariah Gabriel Nelson, 9, of Augusta died suddenly due to an electrical accident at his home in Augusta, Kansas.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 16th at the Hope Community Church in Andover. Burial will be in the Farmer Township Cemetery in Bushton, Kansas. Viewing will be from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday at the Dunsford Funeral Home & Crematory in Augusta with the family receiving friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

A memorial has been established with the Orphanage in Haiti through the Hope Community Church 1831 E. 21st Street, Andover, KS 67002.

Zechariah was born on March 28, 2002, the son of James "Jay" P. Nelson III and Rahna Lynne Taylor Nelson in Wichita, Kansas. He was about to start the fourth grade at Douglass Elementary. Zechariah enjoyed sports of all kinds including football, basketball, Tae Kwon Do and swimming. He was a wonderful happy young man who loved Jesus.

Surviving to honor his memory are his parents, James "Jay" and Rahna Nelson of Augusta, brother, Jay Nelson and wife Elizabeth of Belle Plaine, Kansas, sisters, Sarah Long and husband Paul of Havana, Kansas and Noel Nelson of Augusta, grandmothers, Beatrice Nelson of Geneseo, Kansas and Barbara Taylor of Wasilla, Alaska and grandfather Robert Taylor of Willow, Alaska.

Preceding him in death is his grandfather James Nelson.