Cole Sons poses with his trophy deer in October of 2013(photo provided)
This story starts as we remember a young man that was just 18 at the time, Cole Sons. Cole was taken from this earth October 13, 2013 in a car accident. Cole was an awesome young man that touched many lives during his short time here on this earth. He was a great friend to many and an awesome child of God, with a quick witness. Cole had made arrangements with Shannon Frame to meet with him the day of his accident to cape out a deer that he had harvested just two days earlier. Sadly he never made this appointment so Shannon took it upon himself to get the deer from Cole’s family recently.
Shannon Frame(left) presents the mounted deer head to Cole Sons’ mother, Valerie Drake(right) and step father, Dee Drake(middle) (photo provided)
The deer looks a little different in the pictures due to the cape, or hide, on Cole’s deer being messed up. Shannon had a deer in his freezer that he had harvested and used his cape on Cole’s deer. Shannon had a good friend Kyle Harris, who works part time as a taxidermist and is the athletic director at Coffee County Middle School, who helped cape out the deer and mount it. Shannon explained the situation to Kyle and he never asked for any monetary reimbursement. Shannon just wanted to tell Kyle thank you from Cole’s family as well as himself, for Kyle took the time to mount this deer at no charge so that the memory of this young man could be hung on the wall and stories be told of his great accomplishments as an outdoorsman .
CCMS athletic director Kyle Harris (photo provided)
It is the wish of Shannon and Kyle that every time the family looks at this deer head, it fills their heart with wonderful memories. Since Cole’s accident, his family has started an annual turkey shoot, silent auction and shirt sale in his remembrance. It is The Cole Sons Memorial Scholarship Fund and is held each year at Blanton’s Chapel Community Center. It was created to give back to the community in the form of scholarships and charitable donations. For more info on the scholarship and to follow the great work done by this charity, check out the Cole Sons Memorial Scholarship Fund Facebook page.
