By Theresa Armstrong

Reporter

tdunn@gcnewsgazette.com

The family of Dawson Clemons will celebrate his life on the one year anniversary of his death with a candlelight vigil at Nolin Lake Sunday, August 17.

Floating candles will be lit at dusk and set in the lake where the youngster lost his life in a swimming accident one year ago.

According to Kentucky Fish and Wildlife spokesman, Mike Marraccini, seven-year-old Dawson Clemons was swimming with his brother at Iberia Recreational Area at Nolin Lake when the accident occurred.

“The boys were chasing ducks or something and they went out too far, the bottom dropped off and he went under,” reported Marraccini.

Parents and witnesses reported he just disappeared and was gone for about five minutes before he was located by a cousin Ronald Nelson and pulled from the water, said Grayson County Deputy Coroner Larry Holeman.

Despite the quick recovery and the CPR efforts of Leitchfield City Detective Gary Troutman the boy could not be revived.

Dawson was a first grader at Clarkson Elementary School and played soccer in the Grayson County Youth Soccer League.

The soccer league planted a tree as a memorial for Dawson on the soccer field.

The family and friends of Dawson will be lighting candles and putting them on the lake Sunday at dusk.