76-Year-Old Man Drowns After Falling Into Lake While Fishing at Night with Friend

76-Year-Old Man Drowns After Falling Into Lake While Fishing at Night with Friend

"He was truly a father figure to me and others," a church member said of Horace GilbertPerkins Funeral Home Horace GilbertA Georgia man is dead after a fishing trip with a friend ended in drowning.Horace Gilbert, 76, was pronounced dead on Tuesday, April 22, after his body was recovered from Lake Eufaula. The deceased had gone fishing Monday, April 21 night with a friend near a cove called Mouth of the Creek, but lost his balance while attemptin…