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Troup Countian Drowns When Boat Capsizes
LaGrange Ga May 2 Sam Rakestraw 29 of Troup county drowned when a small boat capsized in the Chattahoochee River nine miles from Columbus. Two other men Karl Tyler and Jay Nixon swam to shore as three were fishing. Rakestraw’s body was recovered Sunday morning. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs J Rakestraw and two sisters.
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