The Everman community is mourning the loss of Corey Fulbright, who was paralyzed during a high school football game 20 years ago.
The Everman community is mourning the loss of a former football player who was paralyzed during a high school game 20 years ago.Back in 2002, when Fulbright was 17 years old, he suffered a spinal cord injury during his senior year at the state championship football game.
His family said the beginning of this year was hard. He made several trips to the hospital, and his body was just too weak.Inside their Everman home, family is always first. Coleman, who is a mother of four, was forced to say goodbye to her oldest child on Wednesday. A month ago, 37-year-old Fulbright went to the hospital with a collapsed lung. "This time, both lungs collapsed, and his body was too weak to fight it. So God called him home," Coleman said.
"Can’t walk, can’t feed himself, can’t bathe himself, can’t do anything," she said. "He had the ability to minister to someone else in their situation. That is the type of person he was."