Elderly Woman Drowns

By: Sheila McLain - Email

Updated: Mon 6:39 PM, Aug 05, 2002

The drowning of an elderly Wayne County resident Sunday has been ruled accidental by authorities.

Sheriff Stein Farrior said Femae Ellis,80, had wandered away from a relative's home Sunday afternoon. A deputy found her about 45 minutes later, in the Chickasawhay River, where she apparently fell.

Farrior said Ellis suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

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