Bryan Ward, 19, Died While Swimming in Baden Lake, July 30, 1926

Mocksville Youth Drowned at Badin. . . T. Bryan Ward, Aged 19, Was Trying to Swim to a Boat in the Lake

Baden, July 30—T. Bryan Ward, age 19, was drowned in the Badin lake today while in swimming with several other boys. They were swimming to a boat which was fastened to a barrel about 45 yards from the bank.

All the boys reached the boat except Ward. As he got near the boat he cried for help.

Dewey Beck, a member of the swimming party, tried to rescue him but failed.

The bottom was dragged with hooks and the body was found. Efforts made to resuscitate him failed, due to the fact that he had been in the water an hour and 28 minutes.

Ward had been employed at Badin for the past eight months coming here from Mocksville. He was a son of Mrs. Louise Ward of Mocksville and a brother of Lonnie B. Ward of Badin.

From page 7 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, July 31, 1926

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