A family hoping they'd be rejoicing after their loved one was found is instead heartbroken.

A State Police helicopter spotted the body of a missing Wayne County man on top of a hill near US 52 in Prichard.

They say the body of Mike Lawhon, 60, was found around 5:30 p.m. Thursday night. It appears the ATV he was riding flipped over, pinning him underneath.

Family members tell WSAZ.com that Lawhon does not have much experience riding an ATV. He has only had his for about three weeks.

Lawhon is a preacher at Little Hurricane Freewill Baptist Church.

His church family says, in his last sermon a couple Sundays ago, Lawhon's words now appear to have been foreshadowing.

"It was like he had a feeling maybe his time was brief," Pastor John Cavins said. "Basically what he was saying was 'don't worry about me, I'll be alright. When I'm gone, don't cry, don't worry.'"

Lawhon had numerous health problems including diabetes, lung disease, and Parkinson's, but the 60-year-old wasn't one to let his ailments hold him back. Friends say he loved going mudding in his truck.

"I think Mike did it the way he wanted to do it," Cavins said. "I think his family would try to get him to not take some of the risks he took, but that was just part of Mike, what made him Michael."

We talked with Lawhon's son-in-law David Thompson while the search was still going on.

"He's been preaching many years," Thompson said. "He's very well liked, a very good guy in the community, great family man, really loved by his family."

Cavins says in that last sermon, Lawhon told the congregation he wanted to be remembered as
a loving husband, father and grandfather, but above all, as a dedicated Christian.