Buck Ray, 9, Drowns at Lake Junaluska, July 20, 1925

Little Boy Drowned at Lake Junaluska. . . Little Buck Ray of Waynesville Steps Off Submerged Ledge into the Deep Water

Lake Junaluska, July 20—Buck Ray, the 9-year-old son of Mrs. Saddie Ray of Waynesville, was drowned in Lake Junaluska shortly before noon today when the child stepped off a submerged ledge into deep water while wading. The body failed to come to the surface.

Life guards and volunteer rescue workers were engaged in dragging the lake this afternoon in an effort to recover the body which had not been discovered at 1:30 this afternoon.

This was the first drowning in the history of Lake Junaluska assembly of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which has been held every year for the past 13 years.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, July 21, 1925

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