Thaddeus Smiley died while trying to rescue a child from Wolf River. His body was eventually found about half a mile from ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn — The Smiley family has started a GoFundMe for Thaddeus Smiley, who died after trying to rescue his nephew from ...

Thaddeus Smiley, 31, was among a group of 11 people hanging out on a sandbar in the middle of Wolf River in Memphis just before 2 p.m. May 30, when a child started struggling to swim, prompting ...