Jocelyn Nicole Wilson

The Bruce’s Legacy boat is parked in the rain after owner Keith Cormican used it to locate the drowned body of Gary Jones on Lake Oconee. LYNN HOBBS/Staff

The Bruce’s Legacy boat is parked in the rain after owner Keith Cormican used it to locate the drowned body of Gary Jones on Lake Oconee. LYNN HOBBS/Staff

Family, rescuers give insight on search for missing boater

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, March 13, 2025
The month-long mystery of the missing boater on Lake Oconee came to an end Sunday.  A specialized search and recovery team from Wisconsin found the body of Gary Jones.
A Georgia DNR aviation crew searched Lake Oconee for missing boater Gary Jones last week. CONTRIBUTED/Casey Brady

A Georgia DNR aviation crew searched Lake Oconee for missing boater Gary Jones last week. CONTRIBUTED/Casey Brady

Missing boater search continues: Sheriff investigates phone data, sighting tips, dam area

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The cell phone records of the late Joycelyn Nicole Wilson of Atlanta are being investigated in hopes of gaining new insight into her death and her fiancé’s disappearance.Wilson and her betrothed, Gary Laron Jones, were boating on Lake Oconee Saturday, Feb.
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