Alabama boy dies after bite by poisonous spider

ALBERTVILLE, Ala. - A 5-year-old Alabama boy is dead after being bitten by a poisonous spider.

Funeral services were planned Wednesday for Branson Riley Carlisle of Albertville. The boy died Sunday.

Family pastor Jeff Stanford tells WHNT-TV the boy was bitten by a brown recluse spider on Sunday morning.

Stanford says the boy was immediately taken to a hospital but his condition continued to worsen. He died hours later.

A funeral home worker confirmed the cause of death to The Associated Press.

The boy is survived by his mother and father, grandparents, aunts and uncles.

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