Boy Drowns in Acworth
Private Lake
Born: 21 Jun 1948
Died: 11 Jun 1959 / Cherokee County, Georgia, USA per Georgia Death Records
Interment: Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jackson Cargile of Acworth. Survived by siblings Tommie, Jackie, and Rachel Cargile. Rev. Dewey Tucker officiated the services. Collins Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
An 11 year old Cherokee county boy drowned Thursday in a
private lake near Acworth. The dead youth was Jimmy Cargile, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.J.
Cargile of Morgan Road. His body was recovered
at about 3 p.m., two hours after he drowned.
Tommy Cargile, 12, said he and his brother and two other
youth, Max and Randy Grabel, had gone to the lake to pick berries. Jimmy went out in the lake in a boat, he said. The next thing he knew he was calling for
help in the middle of the lake.
The youth’s body was recovered by J.C. Jolley and Billy Tow
of the Acworth Civil Defense rescue team, and Jimmy Burchfield.
Citations:
The Weekly Tribune News, Cartersville Georgia
www.ancestry.com; 1919-1998 Georgia Deaths, Certificate:
13567
www.findagrave.com; Find A Grave Memorial# 14965322, contributor Rachel Bryson
www.genealogybank.com; Marietta Journal, Marietta Ga, Friday Jun 12 1959, page 1