Community mourning the loss of a beloved friend

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — Friends identified Horace Grigsby as the 15-year-old who drowned while swimming in the Meramec Caverns in Sullivan Saturday afternoon. Grigsby would have started his sophomore year at Collinsville High School this fall and competed on the football team his freshman year.

Friends and coaches said his smile was contagious and his sense of humor brightened any room. Isaiah Gordon played on the football team with Grigsby but their friendship goes back nearly six years.