Arkansas man missing 11-15-2010

THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING ARKANSAS MAN PRESUMED DROWNED IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL RESUME TUESDAY MORNING NEAR PHILLIPS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, WHERE AUTHORITIES BELIEVE HIS BODY MAY BE LOCATED. DAVIS LAWSON, 50, OF ARKANSAS WENT MISSING SATURDAY AFTER A DAY OF FISHING. THE U.S. COAST GUARD FOUND HIS BOAT FLOATING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AROUND 5 P.M. SUNDAY, AND IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE COAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.  SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS BEGAN LOOKING FOR LAWSON AT QUAPAW LANDING, WHICH IS THE LOCATION OF AN ABANDONED TRUCK BELIEVE TO BELONG TO LAWSON. "WE CONTACTED OUR LOCAL RESCUE UNIT HERE IN COAHOMA COUNTY, BOLIVAR COUNTY, AND ALSO WE HAVE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE HERE ALSO TO TRY TO LOCATE THIS INDIVIDUAL," SAID CHARLES JONES, COAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF. LEE TEDDER, BOLIVAR COUNTY E.O.C. DIRECTOR, TOLD ABC SIX NEWS MONDAY NIGHT, THAT LAWSON WENT FISHING AND BROUGHT HIS BOAT UP TO A SANDBAR. WHEN LAWSON WENT ON SHORE, HIS BOAT WENT INTO THE RIVER. TEDDER SAID YOU CAN SEE LAWSON'S FOOTPRINTS AS HE RAN TO RETRIEVE HIS BOAT AND SOME HOW FELL INTO THE RIVER. TEDDER SAID LAWSON RECENTLY HAD HEART SURGERY.