An 11 year old Springfield boy was laid to rest on Monday. Carl Walker-Hoover took his own life last week after complaining of being bullied at school.

Hundreds gathered by 11 year old Carl Walker-Hoover, as his casket was carried out of the Alden Baptist Church in Springfield. Wearing t-shirts with Carl's photo, his friends and classmates remember him.

"Everybody liked him, I didn't think he would be the one to get bullied," said David Jackson, a fellow classmate at New Leadership.

Last week, Carl's mother found her son hanging from an extension cord in their home.

"I called his name, he didn't answer. I went upstairs and that's when I found Carl. It's unbelievable, worst nightmare experience in my life," said Sirdeanor Walker, Carl's mother.

As a 6th grader at the New Leadership Charter school, his mother says he was the target of bullying at that led to his death.

"It was a sad loss because he was brilliant and a nice young student. For those kids to do what they did was not appropriate, shouldn't be happening," said Carlos Gonzalez , a friend of Carl's.

Others who came to the funeral didn't know Carl, but have suffered through the same bullying experiences with their own kids. Betty White's son was bullied at New Leadership also. She took him out of that school, but says something needs to be done.

"The children first of all need to have a sense of security. Bullying should not be tolerated," said White.

Fellow students say this tragedy has changed things. An attitude that came too late for Carl, but will hopefully help other children who are bullied.