Found Deceased Nc - Damien Jamal “d.j.” Mayes, 25, Wilkes County, June 2018

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The search for a canoeist who fell into the Yadkin River in the Roaring River community when his boat overturned Friday afternoon ended at dark Saturday with the man still missing.

Emergency personnel said large-scale searching for Damien Jamal “D.J.” Mayes, 25, of Parker Lane, Moravian Falls, has been discontinued.
Mayes was in a canoe with Corin Palmer, 26, of Millers Creek when it overturned a short distance downstream from the Yadkin near where the Red, White and Blue Road bridge crosses the river in the Roaring River community about 4 p.m. Friday.

This is about a mile from the Roaring River Canoe Rentals put-in site on the Roaring River, where they started.

Johnny Alexander, owner and operator of Roaring River Canoe Rentals on Cotton Mill Road, Roaring River, said he rented a 15-foot-long Old Town canoe to the two men about 3 p.m. Friday.

Alexander said two life jackets and two paddles came with the canoe. “I made them put on the life jackets before they left,” he said. Alexander was waiting at the Ronda town park to provide them a shuttle ride back to their vehicle when he learned about the boat overturning and the search for Mayes.

Roaring River Fire Chief Dale Pierce said Palmer stated that the canoe overturned at some point while Mayes was removing his life jacket and his shirt.

He said Palmer stated that he hung on to the canoe and was able to get to shore with the boat while Mayes was swept downstream by the current, apparently without a life jacket.

Pierce said emergency personnel were told that Mayes didn’t know how to swim. Palmer said Mayes had no prior experience paddling a canoe. Pierce said only one life jacket was recovered from the Yadkin.

More at link: Large-scale searching for missing canoeist in Yadkin River ended
 
WILKES COUNTY, N.C. -- Search efforts for a canoer who went missing on the Yadkin River late Friday were called off Sunday due to dangerous water.

Emergency agencies say a canoe carrying two passengers flipped over between Roaring River and Rhonda near the bridge on Red, White and Blue Road.
Canoer missing in Wilkes County
 
Friends of Damien "DJ" Mayes found his body along the Yadkin River between Roaring River and Ronda on Monday afternoon. Friends, family members and other community members began searching for DJ Mayes' body after Yadkin County Rescue Squad members scaled back their search for Mayes on Saturday night. Mayes, who was 25 years old, is from Moravian Falls.
Mayes' family members say that they find it odd Mayes would go into the Yadkin River in a canoe because he was afraid of water and did not know how to swim.

WXII 12 News has reached out to the law enforcement division of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission for further information regarding Mayes' death but we have not heard back from officials with that agency at this time.
Body of missing boater found along Yadkin River
 

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