Katie was born on April 6, 1998, in Gadsden, Alabama. To know Kaitlyn, was to love her. She had the sweetest smile and most beautiful personality. No matter what trials life threw at Katie, she always managed to be happy and bring joy to the lives of others. She loved music and for people to sing to her. As a young child, Katie would dance and sing. She enjoyed playing with her toys and time spent with family.
Katie has always been a hero to her family and will live on in others with the organs she was able to gift.
She is preceded in death by her grandfather, Raymond Culli; great-uncles, Terry and Timothy Gibbs; great-aunt, Lura Ann Culli Norton; and great-grandparents, Dorothy and Phillip Culli, and Bennie Garrard.
She is survived by her father, Brandon Culli; mother, Serena Culli; Siblings, Allison (Talisa) Culli, Rayanna (Coby) Lee, Gavyn Ogden, and Santana Luker; grandparents, Rebecca Culli, Darlene Gibbs, and Gary (Kathy) Lane; aunts and uncles, Michael Culli, Kimberly (Jon) French, Tabitha (Adrian) Norton, and Misty Ashley; Cousins: Andrea (Gabe) Voytek, Devin (Brooke) Guyton, Wyatt, Grace, and Cole French; niece and nephews, Sophia, Jonathan, and Jovanni Alegría, and Grant Lee. Katie also had many other extended family members.
Special thanks to Amy Crane for all of her love and care for Katie over the past few years. Also, thank you to the Gadsden Fire Department, Riverview Medical Center ER and ICU staff, and the Legacy of Hope team.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00PM on Sunday, October 2, 2022, at Collier-Butler Chapel. Burial will follow at Forrest Cemetery in Gadsden. Collier-Butler Funeral and Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements. The family will accept friends from 12:00PM until the hour of the service at the funeral home.
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