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Police recover body
of man killed in mower mishap
BY KELLY KRAMP
ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
DAVIDSON COUNTY – A search for a man reported missing Monday
ended when divers found his body in a pond near his home.
James Williams, 76, of 1589
Curry Road, in the Horneytown
community, was found in a pond around 6:15 p.m., said Jack Jones, chief of
the Horneytown Fire Department.
Jones said someone in the family called 911 to report the man missing.
Dive teams from the Davidson Rescue Squad, Thomasville Rescue Squad, Fairgrove Fire Department and High Point Fire
Department wereall called to thescene.
Divers from High Point
were the first to arrive and found the body. Once they arrived, it took
only a fewminutes to find the man’s body, Jones
said.
It appeared that Williams had been mowing around the pond, which
Jones estimated to be about 8 feet deep.
The Davidson County Sheriff ’s Office is continuing to investigate
the man’s death
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