LOUISVILLE, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — The body of a Kentucky Fish & Wildlife game warden left the Bluegrass state on Sunday, bound for his home state of Alabama in a funeral procession that began in Louisville.
The procession in honor of 24-year-old William “Tex” Bailey left around 11 a.m. from O.D. White & Sons Funeral Home in Louisville, per Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials .
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From there, troopers with the Kentucky State Police Department (KSP) and other agencies reportedly took the Watterson expressway, converged onto I-65, and led the procession toward Bailey’s hometown of Huntsville, Alabama.
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Bailey died on Friday after suffering a medical emergency during a training exercise , according to previous reporting.
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