CASEY JAMES IRBY, OF BATSON, OUR BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER, PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021, IN COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS. HE WAS 33.

CASEY CAME INTO THE WORLD JULY 20TH, 1987, ALREADY PROCRASTING, AND DEFINITELY HEADSTRONG ... SO WE WOULD NOT EXPECT HIM TO GO OUT ANY OTHER WAY BUT UNDER HIS OWN TERMS. CASEY ALSO KNOWN TO OTHERS AS C.J. WAS A LOVING, CARING AND GIVING MAN. HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALWAYS WERE THE FRONT MOST OF HIS CONCERNS.

CASEY GRADUATED FROM WEST HARDIN HIGH SCHOOL IN 2005. HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE BAND, PLAYED FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, AND WEIGHT LIFTING. CASEY MARRIED ALICIA ALBRECHT AND THEY HAD LEXIE RAE. CASEY JOINED THE ARMY IN 2006, WHERE HE WAS STATIONED IN FORT CAMPBELL AND THEN WAS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ WHERE HE SPENT 13 MONTHS. WHEN CASEY ARRIVED HOME FROM IRAQ HE AND ALICIA STILL MAINTAINED AN AMAZING FRIENDSHIP AND THAT FRIENDSHIP OPENED UP THE NEXT CHAPTER OF CASEY'S LIFE.

ALICIA ACTUALLY WAS THE ONE THAT INTRODUCED CASEY TO THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, ELISHA. AND THE LOVE STORY BEGINS... CASEY AND ELISHA HAVE BEEN MARRIED 12 PLUS YEARS AND ADDED 4 AMAZING CHILDREN WHO ARE TRISTAN, EMMA, ALLANA, AND ELLA. CASEY WAS A GIVER. IN THIS LAST FREEZE HE WAS CHOPPING FIREWOOD AND DRIVING TO TAKE IT TO PEOPLE IN NEED. HE WAS ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHERS AND VERY WILLING TO HELP THEM OUT ANYTIME HE COULD. CJ HAD A FEW SPECIAL SAYINGS... "IF YOU CAN'T DAZZLE THEM WITH YOUR BRILLIANCE - BAFFLE THEM WITH YOUR BULLSHIT” AND HIS FAVORITE SAYING WAS "B.L.N.T. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME.

A SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE WILL BE HELD SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2021, AT 2:00 PM AT FAITH & FAMILY FUNERAL SERVICES WITH REVEREND HECTOR MARCHADO OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT GUEDRY CEMETERY IN BATSON. A GATHERING OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL ALSO BE HELD SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2021, AT 1:00 PM UNTIL SERVICE TIME.

AT THE REQUEST OF THE FAMILY MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE IN LIEU OF FLOWERS TO THE 22 PROJECT FALLEN SOLDIERS 4800 LINTON BLVD., SUITE D-503 DELRAY BEACH FL, 33445.