Cotton Funeral Service

Lions Gate/Everett CollectionAfter 14 years wearing pearls and pads on-screen, Tyler Perry is officially hanging up Madea’s muumuu.“I’m turning 50 this year and didn’t want to be her age playing her,” the filmmaker and star tells The Post of his drag-tastic character. “It’s been a great run, but it’s time to move on.”Luckily, Perry isn’t leaving Madea behind without a proper goodbye — as she’d say, hallelujer! In “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral,” in theaters Friday, the sassy senior citizen is back for one last hurrah. The 11th Madea movie finds her and her family coming together for a surprise party that goes fatally wrong. When a character kicks the bucket, jaw-dropping family secrets arise, potentially upending the funeral service.And while Madea isn’t the one going six feet under, Perry is more than ready to bury those unforgettable outfits.“I won’t miss any of it — putting on the wig or the costume,” he says.Still, costume designer Crystal Hayslett had a job to do: Send Madea out with a bang. After starting out working for Perry in 2012 as a production assistant in the wardrobe department, Atlanta-based Hayslett, 36, has gone on to costume Perry’s “Nobody’s Fool,” “Acrimony” and both “Boo! A Madea Halloween” flicks.On each film, Hayslett reads the script and then presents a mood board to the producers, including Perry, who approves the looks.“The only thing Mr. Perry cares about is that he’s not matching the set,” Hayslett tells The Post. “Other than that, he gives me complete creative control when it comes to the dresses. Honestly, he wears so many hats when it comes to shooting Madea films — he’s the writer, he’s the director, he’s playing four different characters. So the last thing he’s really worried about is a dress.”For scenes taking place at home, Madea’s known to wear a voluminous muu...

Funeral services for Larry Wayne Cotton, 50, of Killeen, will be at 6 p.m. Monday at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen with visitation to follow until 8 p.m. Burial will be in Madisonville, Kentucky.Mr. Cotton was born Aug. 2, 1968, to Larry Charles Cotton and Constance Daphene Downing. He was born and raised in Madisonville, Ky.After graduation, Mr. Cotton served in the U.S. Army for eight years as a Black Hawk aircrew chief. His medals include the National Defense Service Medal, two Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals, United Nations Medal, Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge w/Rifle Bar, and Air Crewman Badge.He was stationed at Fort Hood, where he met his wife, Whitney Wishert, in 1998.They were married May 4, 2002, and enjoyed a wonderful life together for the next 17 years.Mr. Cotton was a framing contractor by trade, but was a man of many talents.Larry was always the life of the party and loved to make people laugh. He loved everyone and enjoyed sharing his knowledge and teaching others his skills. He particularly enjoyed knife making. He enjoyed canoeing and kayaking.Larry was a “collector” of many things, but especially enjoyed collecting bows and arrows, knives and turtles. He was highly respected and will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.Mr. Cotton is survived by his devoted wife, Whitney Cotton, daughters, Kaysie Cotton and Kara Bell; stepdaughter, Jennifer Kline; stepson, Joseph Sherrill, mother, Connie Downing, father, Charles Cotton; sixgrandchildren and man’s best friend Molly, and other family and very special friends.Services have been entrusted to the care of Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen. #inform-video-player-3 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; }...