A Beulaville man has been accused of beating his grandfather to death.

On Sept. 16, the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office and Duplin County EMS responded to 109 Ida Whaley Drive in Beulaville in regards to an unresponsive man. Merlin Billington, according to Duplin County Sheriff’s Office, was assaulted.

He was transported to Vidant Duplin Hospital and later airlifted to Vidant Pitt Hospital due to being in critical condition.

Family members told authorities that he was assaulted by his grandson Dauviea Anderson, 19.

Anderson was charged with felony assault inflicting serious bodily injury and placed under a $1 million bond.

Billington died Sept. 17 at Vidant Pitt Hospital.

An obituary that ran in The Daily News said the 57-year-old is survived by wife, Monica K. Billington of the home; sons, Jeremy Billington and Lazlo Billington both of Lincoln, Illinois; daughter, Kayla Jackson of Lincoln, Illinois; brother, Stephen Billington of Hubert; sisters, Theresa Miley of Fort Worth, Texas, Sherlyn Foss of Lincoln, Illinois, and Donna Knight of Rogersville, Maryland; parents, Merlin and Delores M. Billington of Atlanta, Illinois; seven grandchildren and one step granddaughter.

Autopsy results indicated that Billington has sustained an anoxic brain injury due to blunt force trauma, according to information from Duplin County Sheriff’s Office.

Anderson was charged with involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday after the district attorney’s office requested his charges be upgraded.

He is due in Duplin County District Court on Sept. 30.