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10 Year Old Boating Victim Remembered Today

430 views · Published 11 July 2012 · 2:07 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by Lindsay Jackson   The short life of one 10-year-old girl, is honored and celebrated Monday.     Zoe McDonough was killed last week when the pontoon boat she was on, flipped from high winds.  Today, cars packed the parking lot and friends and family poured in to Christ United Methodist Church, to remember a life, that ended too soon. 10 year old Zoe McDonough was going to be a 5th grader this fall, at Westview Elementary.  But today, people like Martha Kiser, had to say goodbye to a life cut far too short and offer support to parents who've lost a child."He's the best daddy and she's the best momma and he just loves those kids better than anything," said Kiser. Last Thursday, the family was boating on the Chickamauga Lake when powerful winds flipped the double decker pontoon, sending 12 members of the family into the water. On lookers helped rescue who they could, but Zoe, and her grandmother, Susan, both died after being pinned underneath the boat for 8 minutes. Susan and her husband were visiting from New Richmond, Minnesota. Today, the family received friends, then celebrated Zoe's life -a girl who loved basketball, volleyball, and soccer."I watched her play volleyball and her daddy said Zoe's always been the tallest one in her class  but this year they moved her up in volleyball and now she's one of the short ones!" Kiser said. She was a fan of art so much so, she wanted to be an art teacher when she grew up. She was a girl scout and a girl of faith. Kiser was her Bible Study teacher."In my how to study the Bible class, she won the prize for the best scrap book that she kept for that. She's just darling," she said. Kiser also tells NewsChannel9 that Zoe was baptized just 5 days before the accident, something Kiser taught the importance of, something that brings her a bit solace during such a sad time. A joint burial service for Zoe and her grandmother will be held next Saturday, July 15, in Minnesota.

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