Funeral for DeSoto Sheriff’s Deputy who drowned in Florida

A funeral was held Sunday for a Mississippi sheriff’s deputy who drowned while saving his 10-year-old son at a Florida beach.

- - a funeral was held sunday for a- mississippi sheriff's deputy- who drowned while saving his- 10-year-old son at a florida- beach.- william nichols, who died - wednesday in walton county, - florida, was director of the- desoto county sheriff's - department search and rescue- unit for the past seven - years.- that means nichols often- directed efforts to pluck peopl- from the mississippi river or - the county's lakes.

Nichols - swam out and saved his son from- a rip current, but was- pulled back out into the gulf o- mexico amid strong winds- and waves.-