Coty Harrison Bluford

age 14 of Lenoir City, passed away suddenly May 7, 2008. He was a member of First Baptist Church and attended Vaughn’s Chapel Baptist Church. Coty was a Freshman at Lenoir City High School where he was a member of the Varsity Football Team and Freshman Basketball Team. He was an avid outdoorsman. Preceded in death by his grandfather, Henry Bluford, Sr.; great grandfather, Oscar Lane Sr.; uncle, Gary Wilson and cousins, Wanda and Amanda Lane. Survived by his mother, Lisa Harvey and husband, Gary Lynn; father, Henry Bluford and wife, Julia all of Lenoir City; brother, Connor Harvey; sisters, Rebekah and Katie Bluford; grandparents, Oscar and Donna Lane and Mary Bluford; great grandmother, Helen Lane; aunts, Monica Lane, Tammy Gallaher and husband, Paul and Carol Robinette; many great aunts, cousins and friends; girl friend, Taylor Stachowicz. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Lenoir City. Funeral services will follow at 7 p.m. with Rev. Randy Leming and Rev. Dick DeMerchant officiating. Family and friends will gather at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Lakeview Cemetery for graveside services. Serving as pallbearers: Alex Hatfield, Keagan McCall, Michael Wilson, Todd Allums, Nathan Ingram, Travis Norman, Josh Courtney and C. J. Tallent. The Lenoir City High School Football Team and Basketball Team will serve as honorary pallbearers. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Coty Bluford Memorial Scholarship Fund, C\O Lenoir City Schools Central Office, 2145 Harrison Ave. Lenoir City, TN 37771 or Vaughn’s Chapel Baptist Church, 850 Vaughns Chapel Road, Lenoir City, TN 37771. Click Funeral Home, 109 Walnut Street, Lenoir City is serving the  Bluford family.