Services announced for late Deshler football coach

TUSCUMBIA, AL (WAFF) - Funeral arrangements have been announced for Deshler High School football coach Jake Linville.

Linville died Oct. 19 in Collinwood Tennessee.

Visitation was held Wednesday at the Shackelford Funeral Home in Collinwood. Another visitation will be held Thursday from 11 a.m. until the 1 p.m. service at First United Methodist Church in Tuscumbia.

Click here to read Linville's obituary.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to the Jake Linville Memorial Fund at Wayne County Bank in Collinwood.

Superintendent Mary Kate Smith said students at all Tuscumbia City Schools will be allowed to be checked out of school as an excused absence if they wish to attend the funeral. Substitute teachers have been made available for faculty who wish to attend.

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