Paul Lydiard Cotter Sr., 77, a native of Virginia and resident of Orange Beach, passed away Friday, May 10, 2013.
He went into the U.S. Army in 1957 after graduating from UVA, serving two combat tours in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Silver Star and two Bronze Stars.
After retiring from the Army in 1984, he relocated to Arizona where he and his wife, Becky, started “Cottori Manx,” where they were greatly involved with their breeding and showing of the manx cat line.
Following the death of his wife in 2001, Paul relocated to Orange Beach.
Paul is survived by a son, Paul L. Cotter Jr. of Fairhope; a daughter, Christine L. Cotter of Phoenix, Ariz.; and five grandchildren, Paul Christian Cotter, Anna Laura Cotter, Amanda Fishkind, Matthew Fishkind and Alexandra Fishkind.
He was a loving and generous man, and will be dearly missed.
A Celebration of Life service will be held from the chapel at Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home in Fairhope on Thursday, May 16, 2013.
Funeral services will be held in Arizona at a later date.
Arrangements by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home, Fairhope.
