PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – A long-time Boy Scout elder from Cradock drowned Saturday while on a weekend camping trip to Eagle Point in Mecklenburg County.
Family members told WAVY.com 70-year-old Bobby Bracy went under water while wading to a sandbar in Buggs Island Lake around 1 p.m. Family said they believed he slipped and went under the water.
Bracy served as an elder with Troop 233, a troop he worked with for decades. They said his death has hit the entire scouting community.
Bracy loved the outdoors and camping but most of all he loved being a role model to hundred of boys. His children and grandchildren have followed in his footsteps and are just as involved in Scouting.
Family members said Bracy would go on a scouting trip at least one weekend every month.
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