Jones and his fiancée, Joycelyn Wilson, vanished while boating on Lake Oconee in early February. Wilson’s body was recovered the next day. Mike Jones says these have been some of the worst days of his family’s lives. “My parents can finally grieve now that Gary is coming home,” he said.

The body of Georgia teacher Gary Jones has been pulled from the tourist lake where he vanished while celebrating his 50th birthday with his fiancée, who was found dead exactly a month earlier. The Westminster Schools teacher and coach was found dead in 45 feet of water among timber in Lake Oconee on Sunday afternoon,

Jones went missing along with his fiancé, Spelman College professor Joycelyn Wilson, in Lake Oconee on Feb. 8.