THOMAS COUNTY, Ga. (WCTV) – The friends and family of 17-year-old Deontavis Cooper are sharing heartfelt memories after he was killed in a crash on the same night he graduated from Thomas County Central High School.
“It definitely affected everyone,” Cooper’s cousin Demario Wyche said.
Cooper’s family called him Mario. Wyche describes him as a little brother and said he had the brightest spirit.
“If you’re having a bad day, when you see him smile, it’s no way you could not catch that contagious smile,” Wyche said. “We couldn’t be mad at Mario. If you’re mad at him, within those two or three minutes, you can’t be mad at him anymore because he’s going to make you laugh.”…