DROWNING FRIDAY IN PIKE CO.

ACCORDING TO PIKE COUNTY CORONER TERRELL MOODY AN APPARENT DROWNING IN A FISH POND ON KINGS ROAD FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THE VICTIM, JONATHON MCCARTY, AGE 30 WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE POND BY HIS WIFE. HE IS THE STEP-SON OF UPSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER RALPH ELLINGTON.

CORONER MOODY SAID FAMILY MEMBERS SAID HE HAD A MEDICAL CONDITION AND POSSIBLY HAD A SEIZURE AND ENDED-UP IN THE POND NEAR HIS HOME. THE CORONER SAID THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS APPARENTLY DROWNING—SO NO AUTOPSY WILL BE ORDERED.

MCCARTY TOLD A RELATIVE EARLIER IN THE DAY HE WAS GOING FISHING.

COGGINS FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FAMILY.