Gregg County Man Drowns in Gulf
Posted/updated on: July 26, 2012 at 2:32 am
CRYSTAL BEACH — A Longview man has drowned in the Gulf of Mexico. Jeffery Buttram, 42, was found Sunday afternoon in the water near the 1900 block of Avenue J in Crystal Beach. John Florence, a spokesman for the Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office, said CPR was performed on Buttram on the beach. He was flown by a medical helicopter to the University of Texas Medical Branch, where he died Monday afternoon. An autopsy has been ordered.
