Seventeen-year-old Elijah Lemeuble, a high school soccer and track star, drowned at Wildwood Park in Columbia County, Georgia, on April 11. The local community is grieving the loss of the young athlete.
Elijah Lemeuble
Credit: GoFundMe
A Georgia community is mourning the death of a rising high school athlete who died last weekend at an area park.
Elijah Lemeuble, 17, drowned at Wildwood Park in Columbia County, Ga. on Saturday, April 11, according to local affiliates WRDW and WFXG.
Authorities were called to the park, which includes Clarks Hill Lake, for a possible drowning at approximately 7:46 p.m., the stations reported. A dive team recovered Lemeuble’s body less than an hour later.
Clarks Hill Lake
Credit: Columbia County GA
Now, those at Grovetown High School are remembering the soccer and track star who was “loved by everyone who knew him.”
“With heavy hearts, we remember Elijah Lemeuble, a young man who meant so much to so many,” Grovetown High Athletics said in a statement on social media. “He will always be a part of the Grovetown family, and he will be dearly missed. Forever a Warrior.”
A GoFundMe established to help with his funeral expenses honored the “great athlete” who held middle school records and was on his way to breaking records at his high school.
“His kindness, laughter and spirit touched so many lives in our community,” organizer Amare Pryce wrote. “Now, his family is facing unimaginable grief and the many challenges that come with such a sudden loss.”
The high school’s soccer team is set to hold a dedication for Lemeuble on the evening of Tuesday, April 14 at the school’s stadium.
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Elijah Lemeuble drowned at Wildwood Park in Columbia County, Georgia, on April 11.
Elijah Lemeuble was a soccer player and ran track at Grovetown High School near Augusta, Georgia.
The community is mourning the loss of Elijah Lemeuble, a rising high school athlete, following his tragic drowning.
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