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Seventh drowning victim on Lewisville Lake this year was Mississippi man

Lewisville Fire Department dive team preps for training in drowning recovery and evidence recovery. On Sunday, the team recovered the body of a man after reports of a drowning.


Brooke Colombo
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Lewisville Fire Department dive team preps for training in drowning recovery and evidence recovery. On Sunday, the team recovered the body of a man after reports of a drowning.

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.