A body of a Greene County man missing in the river since Friday has been recovered.
The Greeneville Emergency & Rescue Squad and Greene County Sheriff’s Department were among the agencies involved in the recovery.
The TWRA said that Boone McCrary’s body was found in a creek feeding into the Nolichuckey River near Allen’s Bridge around 2PM on Tuesday.
McCrary, his girlfriend Ray Santana, and his dog had launched a boat into the river near Bird’s Bridge just after 7PM Friday. The current of the river was too swift for the motor to overcome and the boat was swept into and underneath the bridge. Santana was rescued from that area, but McCrary was heard calling for help as he was swept by Kinser Park campground just before the dam.
Family and volunteers had searched downstream and located his boat and the body of his dog. McCrary’s body was found about four miles past the Nolichuckey Dam, around 8 miles from where he disappeared.
