(SMYRNA, TN) The man who drowned on J. Percy Priest Lake this past Sunday (June 19, 2022) has been identified as 62-year-old Billy Stanford Capps of Rockvale. The accident occurred near the Stewart Creek Boat Ramp, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s sergeant said.
Capps’ wife, Lisa, said he fell out of the back of a boat, Sgt. Nick Coble said. “She had attempted to throw him a life jacket but he was unable to get it,” Coble said.
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