Dylan Brady Willis

Dylan Brady Willis obituary, Columbia, KY

Dylan Brady Willis

Dylan Willis Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, Inc. on May 28, 2025.

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Dylan Brady Willis, 22, of Columbia, Kentucky, died Tuesday, May 27, 2025 as the result of an automobile accident in Metcalfe County.
He was born January 30, 2003 in Campbellsville. Dylan was a 2020 graduate of Adair County High School and was a Cook at Cookout in Columbia
Survivors include:
His parents – Brian and Lisa Stanley Willis of Columbia
His brother – Derek Willis of Columbia
His grandmother – Barbara Stanley of Greenville
His nephew and two nieces – Leo Tyler Willis, Summer Holtzclaw and Kaylyn Grove
His aunts – Brooksie Dukes (Mike), Jeanetta Connor (Mike), Connie Slaughters (Jace), Cindy Polson, Angel Darlene Taylor (Monte), Sandy McAfee
His great-uncle – Don Smith (Virginia)
His best friend – DJ Palmer
A host of special cousins and friends too many to list
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Glenn and Connie Willis, William Rufus Stanley and his step-grandfather, Bob Stone, and the following aunts and uncles, William Stanley (Jewel), Brenda Jackson, Glenn Stanley, Bea Cornett (Mike)
A gathering of family and friends to celebrate the life of Dylan will be Sunday, June 1, 2025 from 12:00 until 3:00 P.M. at the Jim Blair Center, 901 Hudson Street, Columbia, Kentucky
The family has chosen Cremation
Grissom-Martin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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