Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
6:09 am Friday, March 24, 2017

Joshua Todd “JT” Cooley

Joshua Todd “JT” Cooley, age 30, Tuscumbia, passed away March 22 at ECM Hospital.

Josh was a very intelligent, witty, artistic and sensitive young man. He was a devoted Alabama fan and loved his family very much.

The visitation will be noon to 2 p.m. March 25 at Spry Memorial Chapel, with the funeral following at 2 p.m. in the chapel. Officiating will be Bro. Orville King. Burial will be at Glendale Cemetery in Leighton.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Dorothy and Leon Wyrick, Randell Vandiver and Paul Cooley.

He leaves to cherish his memory his mother, Kimberly Wilson; his father, Todd Cooley and wife Angie Lawson; siblings, William Cooley, Brittany Mann, James Horton and Andrew Mann; grandmother, Barbara Vandiver; aunts and uncles, Colleen King and husband Orville, Cindy Presley, Tony Wyrick, Susan Lee and Keith Wyrick; and a host of cousins and friends.

The pallbearers will be Justin King, Phillip Bruton, James Allen, Michael King, Chris Allen, Jeffrey Loosier and Ashley Loosier.

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