Tears flowed as 79-year-old Billie Hess watched a single boat search for his son’s body near Chickamauga Dam.
“It’s rough. It’s hard,” he said Tuesday, choking back his emotion. “We just have to look to the Lord.”
Hess received the news that his son, 37-year-old Jimmie Martin Hess, likely was dead after he went overboard on a sailboat early Tuesday morning.
Hess stood near the water, watching the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency boat continue the search for his son.
“They are doing all they can do,” he said.