Published: August 21, 2018

A 53 YEAR OLD CEDAR GROVE MAN LOST HIS LIFE SUNDAY ON THE BUFFALO RIVER IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, TWRA OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO RESPOND TO THE RIVER WITH THE HUMPHREY AND PERRY COUNTY RESCUE SQUADS AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM AFTER A CANOER WERE REPORTED MISSING. OFFICIALS ADVISE ROGER BALENTINE, ALONG WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, GOT STUCK IN A SUCKEN TREETOP WHILE CANOEING. BALENTINE WENT SWIMMING AFTER SOME OBJECTS THAT HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE CANOE AND NEVER RESURFACED AFTER GOING UNDERWATER. THE BODY OF BALENTINE, WHO WAS NOT WEARING HIS LIFE JACKET, WAS RECOVERED A FEW HOURS AFTER BY THE DICKSON COUNTY DIVE TEAM.