Charley “Val” Courtney, age 62 of Centre, passed away Friday, July 26th at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston.

Funeral Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 3rd at the Perry Funeral Home Chapel; burial will follow in Cherokee Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 11 until 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Pallbearers will be family members and close friends.

Survivors include his son, Caleb Tobias (Brooke) Courtney of Weaver; brother, William P. Courtney of Huntsville; sister, Patty Adams of Oklahoma City, OK; grandchildren, Sarah and Charley Courtney; nephews, Chris and Steve Seay, Joseph and Gary Courtney; great nephews, Josh and Nicholas Courtney.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Jimmy W. Courtney and sister, Cheryl Courtney.

Mr. Courtney was a native of Cherokee County, the son of the late Clarence Wilson and Virginia Sue Patty Courtney, was a retired Centre Police Chief, a member of the FOP, Ft. Payne Chapter and the PBA.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Police Benevolent Association or the Fraternal Order of Police.

The Perry Funeral Home is directing.