According to witness reports, Jay Jack Whitt, 15, was swimming with friends when he went under water and never resurfaced. Cherokee County Rescue Squad arrived around 2 p.m. Sunday Approximately two hours later, they found Whitt’s body lodged under a rock in approximately 11 feet of water.
Whitt was transported to Cherokee Baptist Medical Center, where Cherokee County Coroner Don Rogers pronounced him dead upon arrival, reports say




