 Zowie Sanders, gives a fist bump to John Suber, left, of Greenville, dressed as Superman, with her sister Lindsey Sanders, center, and their mother Brooke Starks, right, of Townville, during a wake service... (Associated Press) 
 
 Zowie Sanders, gives a fist bump to John Suber, left, of Greenville, dressed as Superman, with her sister Lindsey Sanders, center, and their mother Brooke Starks, right, of Townville, during a wake service for Jacob Hall at Oakdale Baptist Church in Townville, S.C., Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2016.  Story highlights Jacon Hall died after being shot last week at Townville Elementary School in South Carolina 
 
 His family decided to have superhero-themed memorial services 
 
 (CNN) Superheroes of various affiliations filled the pews of Oakdale Baptist Church in Townville, South Carolina, on Tuesday afternoon. Mourners had come to remember 6-year-old Jacob Hall, who died after being shot last week at school. Jacob was shot on September 28 when a 14-year-old boy opened fire at the playground at Townville Elementary School, southwest of Greenville. Tim Marcengill told a crowd that packed the pews at the family's Oakdale Baptist Church. Batman and a special Batmobile will be traveling from West Virginia to be a part of the funeral service. Care about each other, love each other. Townville Elementary school teachers also attended, wearing handmade blue capes with a Ninja Turtle face and Jacob's name on the back. Jacob's casket was decorated with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle stickers, and figurines of Ninja Turtles and Captain American were in a floral spray on top. His death led prosecutors to upgrade an attempted murder charge to murder against the accused shooter, who is not being identified because of his age. The Townville community came together and participated in a balloon release in Jacob's memory on Sunday evening, following a special service at Oakdale Baptist Church. Jacob will be dressed in his superhero costume.” 
 
 Hall said the pallbearers, Jacob’s uncles and brothers, would also be dressed as superheroes, and she invited anyone who wants to say goodbye to Jacob to attend and wear their superhero costumes or t-shirts. "He loved anything to do with being able to help somebody.
– No sadder news emerged in the aftermath of the Townville school shooting last month than the death of 6-year-old Jacob Hall. But though his family and friends lost the South Carolina first-grader much sooner than they should have, they didn't lose his spirit—which is why a variety of superheroes flooded Oakdale Baptist Church Tuesday to mourn Jacob and celebrate his life, CNN reports. The Tuesday visitation was the prelude to Jacob's Wednesday funeral, where his mother, Renae Hall, said she wanted everyone to pay tribute to her son in the way he would've wanted it. "I don't want suits and ties and all that," she told reporters Saturday, per Fox Carolina. "There will be a lot of children there and I don't want it to be scary for them." The AP notes Jacob was dressed as Batman in his tiny blue casket during Wednesday's service. The superhero theme was also dominant at Tuesday's visitation, which CNN notes more resembled a child's birthday party than a memorial service: There were balloons, flowers filled with stuffed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and family members in their own superhero attire greeting visitors in front of Jacob's coffin, which the AP notes was adorned with Ninja Turtle stickers. One man even drove his Batmobile from West Virginia to pay his respects at the funeral. "Jacob Lee Hall, Townville's very own superhero, was … given to us as a gift, and through those six years up until the very last moment of his life with us, God was and still is today accomplishing his purpose with Jacob," said the reverend who spoke to the gathered well-wishers Wednesday.