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SHEFFIELD, Illinois \u2014 A local community got together to celebrate the life of Bailey Broers<\/a>. The 16-year-old Walnut, Illinois resident died July 15th, 2021 after sustaining injuries from a car accident. Broers was a member of the Bureau County Future Farmers of America and loved farming.                                     
To honor his life members from his local FFA chapter organized a tractor ride in his memory. With his tractor at the front of the line, a seemingly never-ending line of tractors followed behind Bailey\u2019s as they made their way around a square route through Sheffield, Illinois.
Bailey worked at MJ Seeding Company, where a luncheon was held in his honor following the tractor ride and funeral. His sister Bre Broers shares Bailey had a contagious smile saying, \u201cHe had a big heart. I know Bailey, he\u2019s watching right now and loving this. All these tractors, he\u2019d be over the moon that\u2019s for sure.\u201d
Bre says her brother was someone who knew everyone. \u201cBailey was always just doing something. Me and him, just always doing something we probably shouldn\u2019t have been doing but he always just wanted to go go go. There was never a dull moment.\u201d
Bre says she knows her brother would have loved to see all of the tractors in one place. \u201cIt\u2019s just crazy because Bailey, he\u2019s impacted a lot of people. So, like I\u2019m honestly not surprised to see this many people here because Bailey just knew everyone. I mean they were making jokes, all those tractors that came by he could have jumped in any single one of them and drove off.\u201d
Lilly Allicks grew up with Bailey. She says Bailey was the kind of kid that could make anyone\u2019s day better. \u201cOh boy, definitely the life of the party. If you\u2019re having a bad day he wouldn\u2019t even know it and you would just have a giant smile on your face after hanging out with him and he always had something fun to say.\u201d
Allicks says the Bureau Valley FFA is like a family, and when the time came to be there for Bailey and his family, they were there. \u201cOur Bureau Valley FFA, we\u2019re very close ad we\u2019re each other\u2019s second families. So, when it comes time then we\u2019ll be there for each other.\u201d
Bailey\u2019s family asked that instead of flowers, donations be made to the Bureau County FFA or to St. Jude Children Research Hospital.
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