OF CAMERON WOODALL BETHEL. >> AND AFTER SPENDING TIME WITH CAMERON’S FAMILY, I NOW UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT HE MADE, NOT JUST ON THE COURT, BUT OFF. CAMERON WOODALL WAS SPECIAL ON THE COURT. >> AND HE JUST HE JUST, YOU KNOW, EXCELLED. >> BUT TO HIS MOM, HE WAS ALWAYS MORE THAN A66 HOOPER. >> IN MY BRAIN. I’M JUST THINKING THAT HE’S SOMEWHERE PLAYING BALL. AND THAT’S WHAT’S KEEPING ME GOING. >> SHE’S DOING WHAT SHE CAN TO COPE WITH HIS DEATH. >> I’M NOT OKAY WITH MY BABY. I’M TRYING. >> CAMERON WAS RIDING AN ATV SUNDAY WHEN A TIRE BLEW. HE WAS THROWN INTO A TREE AND DIED. >> SO MY RESPECT, MY, MY. SO NOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> FROM RAYMOND HIGH TO THE PROS IN PERU, A JOURNEY FORGED THROUGH SWEAT AND BELIEF. HE PLAYED FOR COLLIN, TOUGALOO COLLEGE AND GRAMBLING STATE. BUT NUMBERS NEVER TOLD HIS STORY. PEOPLE DID. >> NOBODY TELL YOU SHOUT LIKE A WOMAN. YOU TAKE ABOUT 4 OR 5 TIMES. I’M LIKE, MAN, HE LIKE BEING CLEAN. I’M NOT GOING TO. >> LIE TO HIS FAMILY. HE WAS SUPERMAN. NOT BECAUSE HE WAS INVINCIBLE, BUT BECAUSE HE WAS UNFORGETTABLE. >> AND I JUST DIDN’T REALIZE HOW HE IMPACTED EVERYBODY UNTIL NOW. BUT I JUST I WANT EVERYBODY TO CONTINUE HIS LEGACY. >> A LEGACY FILLED WITH A WARM SMILE FROM FIRST SHOT TO FINAL BREATH. A SHORT DISTANCE, BUT A LIFE THAT REACHED FAR. CAMERON’S REACH IS FELT HERE IN STUDIO TODAY. WE FOUND OUT HIS FAVORITE COLOR WAS RED. HIS MOM SAYS SHE’S LOOKING AT FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS SATURDAY. TOUGALOO COLLEGE AND RAYMOND HIGH SCHOO
Community mourns basketball star Cameron Woodall after ATV accident in Mississippi
Updated: 6:40 PM CDT Jun 10, 2025
The Raymond community is mourning the loss of 25-year-old basketball star Cameron Woodall, who was killed Sunday in a four-wheeler accident.His family said the accident occurred when a tire blew out on an ATV, sending Woodall into a tree on Midway Road. He died on impact.”I’m not OK,” his mother, Camelia Bracey, said. “I’m hurting, but I’ve got to be strong because I always raised him to be that way, too.”Known as “Superman” to some, Woodall played professional basketball in Peru and wore the jerseys of Co-Lin, Tougaloo, and Grambling. “As you can see, he was bigger than me, but he never treated me like his little brother,” said Jaylin Woodall, Cameron’s brother.”A lot of people will say, ‘Coach, he really needed you,'” said Raymond High School head basketball coach Tony Tadlock. “When I look back, ‘No, I really need him.'”Cameron Woodall’s life, from his first dribbles to his last breath, was marked by a dream and a legacy rooted in love. His mother is planning funeral arrangements for Saturday, and Tougaloo College and Raymond High School will celebrate his life with events throughout the week.
RAYMOND, Miss. —
The Raymond community is mourning the loss of 25-year-old basketball star Cameron Woodall, who was killed Sunday in a four-wheeler accident.
His family said the accident occurred when a tire blew out on an ATV, sending Woodall into a tree on Midway Road. He died on impact.
“I’m not OK,” his mother, Camelia Bracey, said. “I’m hurting, but I’ve got to be strong because I always raised him to be that way, too.”
Known as “Superman” to some, Woodall played professional basketball in Peru and wore the jerseys of Co-Lin, Tougaloo, and Grambling.
“As you can see, he was bigger than me, but he never treated me like his little brother,” said Jaylin Woodall, Cameron’s brother.
“A lot of people will say, ‘Coach, he really needed you,'” said Raymond High School head basketball coach Tony Tadlock. “When I look back, ‘No, I really need him.'”
Cameron Woodall’s life, from his first dribbles to his last breath, was marked by a dream and a legacy rooted in love. His mother is planning funeral arrangements for Saturday, and Tougaloo College and Raymond High School will celebrate his life with events throughout the week.