Funeral services have been scheduled for 12-year-old Wyatt Pilgrim, who died earlier this week after being hit by a school bus.

The funeral will be Thursday at 4 p.m. at Second Baptist Church in Cedartown with the Rev. John Prater and the Rev. Sammy Stephens officiating.

The burial service will follow at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Silver Creek with the Rev. Bill Heaton officiating at the graveside.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of Wyatt’s seventh grade class at Cedartown Middle School.

The family will receive friends on 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Olin L. Gammage & Sons Funeral Home.

Wyatt was airlifted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite after being hit by the bus Sept. 9. He died Sunday at the hospital.

The school bus driver who hit him is not being charged, and Cedartown Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome said an investigation revealed the accident was unavoidable.

Information posted Sept. 21

A 12-year-old Cedartown boy hit by a school bus two weeks ago has died.

Wyatt Pilgrim was airlifted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite after being hit by the bus Sept. 9. He died Sunday at the hospital.

The school bus driver who hit him is not being charged, and Cedartown Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome said an investigation revealed the accident was unavoidable.

Olin L. Gammage & Sons Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements, which were incomplete Monday.

Counselors were at Cedar­town Middle School on Monday to help students deal with the seventh-grader’s death. Additional counselors were send to Cedartown Middle School to help students deal with the tragedy, said Buddy Harrison, director of student services for the Polk County School System.

“They are working to assist in counseling and working with the family,” Harrison said.

A fund was set up at First National Bank of Polk County to help cover the family's expenses. Bank officials said anyone wishing to donate can inform a teller, and they will give you necessary paperwork to make a donation.

Pilgrim had been in critical condition since being taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Staff Writers Melody Dareing and Jeff Gable contributed to this report.

Information posted Sept. 15

A fund for 12-year-old Wyatt Pilgrim, who was hit by a bus last week, has been set up at the First National Bank of Polk County to help cover the child’s medical expense and rehabilitation.

Bank officials said anyone wishing to donate can inform a teller and they will give you necessary paperwork to make a donation.

Wyatt remains in critical condition in an Atlanta hospital, according to officials at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite.

The school bus driver who hit him is not being charged and Cedartown Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome said an investigation revealed the accident was unavoidable.

Information posted Sept. 14

There is no significant change in the condition of a Cedartown seventh-grader hospitalized in Atlanta for injuries sustained when he was struck by a school bus last week, officials said Monday.

Wyatt Pilgrim, 12, remains in critical condition at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, according to hospital officials.

Pilgrim was struck last Wednesday morning by a Polk County school bus as he waited for his own bus near his home on Evergreen Lane.

Cedartown Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome said the investigation into the incident was completed on Friday by Cpl. Andre Nicholson and Patrolman 1st Class Scott Greene.

“Speed was not a factor. The bus driver will not be cited for any violation of traffic law,” Newsome said. “They are satisfied it was unavoidable. The child just darted out in front of the bus.”

Newsome did not have the bus driver’s name available.

Information posted Sept. 11

The 12-year-old Polk County boy hit by a bus Wednesday remains in critical condition at Children’s Hospital at Scottish Rite in Atlanta, according to hospital officials.

Seventh-grader Wyatt Pilgrim was struck Wednesday morning by a Polk County school bus as he waited for his own bus near his home on Evergreen Lane.

He was airlifted to the Atlanta hospital as a trauma patient.

While details of the accident remain uncertain, police and school officials said Pilgrim was in the middle of the street when the accident occurred.

The bus driver’s name has not been released. The accident is still under investigation.

Information posted Sept. 10

“We can use all the prayers we can get. That’s the only reason he is still here,” said Mary Pilgrim, the great-grandmother of a 12-year-old struck by a Polk County school bus Wednesday.

Mrs. Pilgrim remains at Children’s Hospital at Scottish Rite in Atlanta with the rest of the family. Wyatt Pilgrim, a seventh-grader, was airlifted there Wednesday morning after the accident on Evergreen Lane near Cherokee Elementary School in Cedartown.

The boy is still in critical condition and is on life support, according to Mrs. Pilgrim. However, doctors have given the family a small glimmer of good news in that Pilgrim’s heart has improved since he was first brought to the hospital.

The accident happened around 7:30 a.m. while Pilgrim was waiting for his bus. While details remain unclear, the one certainty of both police and school officials is the student was in the middle of the street when he was struck.

Cedartown Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome said he has two investigators reconstructing the incident and talking to witnesses.

The bus driver’s name is currently being withheld pending the investigation.

information posted Sept. 9

A 12-year-old seventh-grader was airlifted to Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital after being struck by a Polk County school bus Wednesday morning.

According to Buddy Harrison, director of student services for the Polk County School System, the incident happened around 7:30 a.m. on Evergreen Lane between Cherokee Elementary School and College Drive in Cedartown.

Cedartown assistant police chief James Newsome said 12-year-old Wyatt Pilgrim was waiting for a school bus near his home when he was struck by another bus.

According to Nell Bradley with Scottish Rite, Pilgrim was still in critical condition late Wednesday night.

Newsome said the bus was in a traffic lane when it struck the boy, whose injuries he described as life threatening.

“The bus skidded to a stop in the middle of the street. The child was in the street also, so that is where it happened,” Harrison said.

Harrison said that area is crowded with apartments, a lot of children and traffic. He said the bus driver has been driving for the school system for several years.

“He was very upset, and, of course, he’s being questioned,” Harrison said.

The Cedartown Police Department is handling the investigation.

The Associated Press contributed to this report