Texas Game Warden Austin Cryer assisted Louisiana Game Wardens J. Melton and H. Pearce in retreiving the boat which the man had been in just before falling into the lake.
January 29, 2022 - Law enforcement officials responded to the discovery of an apparent drowning incident Saturday, January 29, 2022 in East Hamilton Community at East Hamilton Boat Ramp.
At around 12-noon Texas Game Wardens and Louisiana Game Wardens were on scene assisted by the Shelby County Sheriff's Department, Texas Department of Public Safety and Constable Precinct 3.
According to Shelby County officials James (Tater) Cox, 71, of DeBerry was the man who was found at Toledo Bend. Marla Denby, Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace, pronounced Cox deceased at the scene and Watson & Sons Funeral Home transported him.
Cox had been fishing and Game Wardens were able to retrieve his boat, which although it was capsized, was secured to a stump out in the water.
