CUMBERLAND COUNTY, TN - OBUTUARIES - Lee Ann Schubert, 20 Jun 1997
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Swimming Accident Claims
The Life of a Teen-Ager
 
July 1997
 
Lee Ann Schubert, 17, of Oxford Circle,Crossville,TN. 
lost her life in what appears to have been a swimming 
accident on the Catoosa Wildlife Management Area in 
Cumberland County ,TN.,shortly after 2 :00 p.m. Friday, 
June 20,1997 according to police reports. 
 
Ms.Schubert was swimming with three of her friends 
from Crab Orchard in the Obed River at Potter's Ford, 
a real popular camping and swimming spot on the 
Catoosa Wildlife Management Area, when Ms.Schubert, 
apparently stepped into deep water,then she panicked 
and drowned, according to Deputy David Hinkle's report. 
 
Ms.Schubert, Michael Ingram, the victim's boyfriend,
and Chris Thompson and Margaret Thompson were
"playing in the water in a shallow area just below the
bridge." Mr.Ingram told the deputy that neither he nor 
Ms. Schubert were good swimmers, the report continued.
 
As the friends enjoyed the afternoon in the water, the 
current moved them into deeper water until the victim 
found herself in water over her head, the witnesses told 
police. Ingram said his girlfriend started to panic, grabbing 
him and pulling him under the water two or three times.
 
The report said he was able to get free and that Margaret 
Thompson was trying to push her toward shallow water 
when the victim went under. When seen again, the victim's 
body was floating downstream in the fast current.
 
Ms.Schubert's  friends ran along the river bank until they 
could catch up with Ms.Schubert. Chris Thompson jumped 
in the water and pulled her partially out of the water, then he 
was helped by the other two friends. Members of the group 
then started cardio pulmonary resuscitation while one of 
them raced to a phone to call for help. 
 
With the heavy rains during the months of May and June 
coupled with a heavy thunderstorm Friday,caused the river 
to be higher than it normally is for this time of year with alot 
faster current.
 
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department spokesperson 
said an autopsy was requested as it is a matter of routine.
 
Upon arrival on the scene, Deputy Hinkle found them still 
doing CPR on the victim, about 75 yards downstream from 
the bridge. Ms.Schubert was rushed to Cumberland Medical 
Center where she was pronounced dead.
 
 
 

Lee Ann Schubert

December 27,1979-June 20,1997
Lee Ann Schubert, 17, of Oxford Drive, Crossville,TN.,passed 
away June 20, 1997. Private family services were held from 
the chapel of Bilbrey Funeral Home in Crossville, with burial 
in Green Acres Memory Gardens. Ms.Schubert was born 
Dec. 27, 1979 in Crossville,TN., the daughter of Joseph 
Wayne and Mildred Kilby Schubert.  Ms.Schubert was 
a student and a member of Trinity Tabernacle.  Pallbearers 
were Shawn Canfield, Josh Canfield, Mark Davis, John 
Davis, Daniel Barnes and Jerry Adkins. Bro. Terry Allen 
officiated. She was preceded in death by a brother, Jason 
Schubert.
Survivors include her parents, Joseph Wayne and 
Mildred Schubert of Crossville; sisters, Carrie and Jenny 
Schubert of Crossville; grandparents, Clyde and Rosie Kilby 
of Crossville and J.L. and Burel Schubert of Clarkrange; 
and great-grandfather, Wheeler Hicks of Crossville,TN.
Bilbrey Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. 



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