WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI) – Though the Christmas season is known as “the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” grieving families often feel quite the opposite.

To ease the pain of the holidays, one West Point woman honored gun violence victims and the families they left behind with a tradition of hope.

It’s been more than 10 years since Kathy Coggins lost her grandson to gun violence.

“He was shot in the back of his head by someone,” said Coggins.

Her grandson, Nickolas Harold Doss, was just 18 when he was killed on New Year’s Eve 2014 in Tallahassee, Florida.

“Two days later, my mother died, so my family had to deal with a double tragedy during that time. So, it has been quite difficult for us,” said

Coggins said Doss would’ve graduated high school that May.

On Wednesday, she joined oth

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