Etowah County AlArchives Obituaries.....McRae, Joseph Henry August 25, 1968
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Gadsden Times
Article from The Gadsden Times

3-Year-Old Drowns On Family Outing

A three-year-old Gadsden boy drowned yesterday afternoon in the backwaters of 
H. Neely Henry Dam in St. Clair County when he stepped into water over his head 
while wading.

Pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital was Joseph Henry McRae, son of 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McRae, 10 Commack St., Alabama City.

The father swam out and rescued the two other children, Charlene, 11, and Jack, 
6, but was unable to locate the 3-year-old for 25 minutes.  Mouth-to-mouth 
resuscitation was given by Bobby Noles.

McRae, participating in yesterday's Civil Air Patrol Search and Rescue Mission, 
was required to be in the Greensport area, and had taken his family on an 
outing.

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Obituary from The Gadsden Times

McRae, Joseph Henry, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. McRae of 10 
Commock Street died Sunday from drowning at Greensport.  Survivors other than 
the parents are sisters, Dianne and Charlene McRae; brothers, Randy, Jack and 
Paul McRae, all of Gadsden; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Forney Johnson, Rt. 3, 
Altoona; Mrs. Inez McRae, Gadsden; great-grandfather, T. H. McRae, Gadsden.  
Services Tuesday 3:30 p. m. Collier - Butler with Revs. Wade Walton and Chester 
O'Donnell officiating.  Burial Clayton Cemetery.  Active pallbearers Homer 
Williams, Clyde Williams, Louie Williams, Floyd Williams, Rudolph Wall, Charles 
Delevie.  The body will remain at Collier - Butler Chapel through the hour of 
service.



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