All I can do now is tell what life has been like WITHOUT COTY for now he got his wings 2 years and 8 months ago. I don't want to go into detail of my life because as a Mother who lost a child it really changed my life in a instance. With a Blink of a eye Coty was gone we had to cope with him not being here. I know he was with me in spirit and my family knows also I have some incredible pictures of shadows in the background in his shape and a image of him in the mirror after he was gone that was incredible. I needed to know for awhile he was still with me to comfort me. I know he was here as the greatest ANGEL all of us could have. He was many of our GUARDIAN ANGEL there was so many things happened to all of us and we could feel him there with us!!! But I just know and has ask God if indeed Coty was with him and I got signals from God that he was. I have watch Destinee growing and it is so amazing that she has so many of your ways!! You would think that Coty was right her with her teaching her (who knows maybe he is) but from this grief we all have changed because of the big part he played in our lives. Momma, Daddy,Sherry, Doug, Susan. Mikey, Candace, Tiffany, and Destinee nieces and nephews had their life turned upside down because he is no longer here. As time goes by we all still think of him and miss him so much. I want to say his absence in life has also changed the Parson family for I know they had come to love him also that was just how it was when you meet Coty you would fall in love with him. But I want to say Destinee looks just like him she will be turning 3 this year and i really wish he was here playing with her. But my promise to you, COTY, as your mother and someone you affected deeply and I loved you so much. My promise is that I will not ever let Destinee forget you she will always know who you are and how much you loved her..Heck Coty you made such a impact on our lives there is  none of us will ever FORGET YOU. I miss your smile, the hugs we shared, your laughter, your little ways, I miss your walk, your talk I miss every thing about you Coty. You wanted me to be a grandmother to Destinee and that I am son she is my life not that i have tried to fill your spot with her because there is no filling that VOID she has made her on spot on my heart the same way Tiff has. Son I want you to know I so came to love Tiffany I see in her what you seen. Maybe it's looking through your eyes now. I think you would be Proud of what me, her and Destinee shares. It probably is exactly the way you would want it. Well I know as long as there is mom, dad, and all of your brothers & sisters , tiff, neices nephews aunts tiff and especially Destinee YOU WILL LIVE ON FOREVER SON!!! Coty affected so many lives and he left a FOOTPRINT ON OUR HEARTS!! Thanks Coty for the memories which I hope in time more people will share. I know I started this letting you know what life is life with out Coty and it ended in a letter to him I'm sorry maybe he is here coaching me and I'm telling him how much he affected my life living his.....I will be back as time goes by with updates on how life will be without him . maybe even memories we will share of him when he was small..Just know I loved him with ALL MY HEART & SOUL and if i could give mine for his i would do it in a heartbeat!! I look in a mirror and think it's not me, son, it's a old woman and I think what has happened is without you I'm living in a shell a body is here stricken with grief and heart aches and slowly the last 2 yrs 8 mths it has sucked the life out of me cause I hurt for you and miss you.YOU MADE SUCH A IMPACT ON SO MANY LIVES it's has effected them all .This is because you were such a great kid, young man, adult then daddy .SON I LOVE & MISS YOU ALWAYS & FOREVER!!!!! Destinee let a balloon go to heaven and said she was sending it to you. Tiff and Connie make sure goes to your grave for holidays and that baby always has to kiss you face on the stone! She knows who her daddy is and she grows older we will make sure she know who you were,

Coty loved his family.. I have to say the biggest day of his life was the birth of his daughter Destinee Kaye Edwards born on December 28, 2007 he loved that child sooooo much !! His nickname for her was his * LIL CUPCAKE* cause Tiffany's nickname was Twinkie. I remember one time he laughed and looked me with those beautiful blue eyes and said   " I have my own Twinkie and Cupcake"  And that he did !!!!  He will always be in my heart where there is a big whole that he once filled..He loved being with his brother Mikey they were Best Friends. Coty played ball and done karate when he was young. I know he was trying to work hard and take care of Tiffany and Destinee when he became a Angel on Oct 11th. I know he was so proud of having Destinee when he got his wings he had all ready planned Destinee 1st Birthday Party and the night he lost his life he was coming from Wal-Mart picking out and telling Tiff what he wanted Destinee to get from Santa. I know he loved Momma Margaret and Daddy Ray with all his heart. They meant so much to him and I would not take that from them. I know that Sherry, Doug, and Susan held a special place also in his heart as sisters and a brother because of mom and dad helping raise Coty.  He had held bbq's here at my house to be with his brother Mikey and sister Candace for he really wanted to be close to them which they were and they loved being close him.He had come to live here with me and became closer than ever before with me in his last few years which i'm grateful for. He had his family (Tiff and Destinee) to even stay with me alot.because he had a big heart and knew at the time I NEEDED HIM SO MUCH!  HE CHANGED MY LIFE.But we all know he had the most SPECIAL PLACE for Destinee and Tiffany. He really, really loved them! Hope I have gave you an idea of what family meant to Coty and what kind soul he had for all of us. He had such a BIG HEART he wanted to provide and be the best brother, love one, and daddy he could be.!! I want you son to RIP IN PARADISE!! I wished you was here to watch Destinee grow but you was called upon by our Lord and that I have to accept. Please if you have any memories of Coty something he said or done that stands out or you just want to share please Do So The Family would love to hear your memories of him as a young child or Adult.