A Mississippi man drowned while swimming in southeastern Lewisville Lake over the weekend, Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens report.
Game wardens responded to a possible water fatality on Saturday evening.
Witnesses reported that a man was swimming near a vessel when he went underwater and did not resurface.
The search continued into Sunday morning. At about 11:55 a.m., Lewisville Fire Department rescue drivers located the man’s body.
Texas Parks and Wildlife identified him as 28-year-old Cleveland Whiteside, originally from Mississippi.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office listed his place of death as a southeastern part of the lake near 1481 E. Hill Park Road.
There have been seven water fatalities on Lewisville Lake so far in 2025.