Obituary for Clayton Cotten
Mr. Clayton “Cleyon” Cotten, age 72 of Ball, Louisiana entered eternal rest on Tuesday, April 19, 2023, at his home surrounded by his family.
Visitation for Clayton will be Monday, April 24, 2023, from 12:00-1:00 pm at Gallagher Funeral Home in Ball. A service will follow at 1:00 pm at Gallagher Funeral Home.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 50 plus years, Dianne Cotten; children, Brian Scott (Mary), Christopher Cotten (Ashley), Tonya Tyer (Daniel) and Vicky Denney (Brent McDaniel); scores of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren; sisters, Lavern Vanderbilt, Connie Alford and Tammy Delrechio; brothers, Marcus Cotten and Clifton Cotten; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Clayton, aka “C.C. Rider” or “Wild Wilber” was born to Junior and Willie Lee Cotten in Natchez, Mississippi on June 13, 1950. Against tremendous adversity, surviving and living with polio, having only a 9th grade education, having 4 back surgeries and a broken neck and managing chronic lifelong pain, Mr. Cotten drove cross country trucks for 35 years. He owned his own trucking company, grocery store, racetrack/bar and a classic car business.
Mr. Cotten was a loving and generous husband, father, brother and uncle. He loved cars, motorcycles and fishing but above all he loved his family. He will be forever missed.
His favorite inspiring quote: “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”-MLK Jr.
Visitation for Clayton will be Monday, April 24, 2023, from 12:00-1:00 pm at Gallagher Funeral Home in Ball. A service will follow at 1:00 pm at Gallagher Funeral Home.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 50 plus years, Dianne Cotten; children, Brian Scott (Mary), Christopher Cotten (Ashley), Tonya Tyer (Daniel) and Vicky Denney (Brent McDaniel); scores of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren; sisters, Lavern Vanderbilt, Connie Alford and Tammy Delrechio; brothers, Marcus Cotten and Clifton Cotten; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Clayton, aka “C.C. Rider” or “Wild Wilber” was born to Junior and Willie Lee Cotten in Natchez, Mississippi on June 13, 1950. Against tremendous adversity, surviving and living with polio, having only a 9th grade education, having 4 back surgeries and a broken neck and managing chronic lifelong pain, Mr. Cotten drove cross country trucks for 35 years. He owned his own trucking company, grocery store, racetrack/bar and a classic car business.
Mr. Cotten was a loving and generous husband, father, brother and uncle. He loved cars, motorcycles and fishing but above all he loved his family. He will be forever missed.
His favorite inspiring quote: “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”-MLK Jr.