Published in the 9/21/17 Stigler News-Sentinel:
In Memory of Dr. Amanda Copeland
By Nellwyn Carlton
Dr. Amanda Copeland, 88, passed away peacefully at her home in Mayflower, Ark. on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. A graveside service to celebrate her life was held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, at Macey Cemetery near Monette, Ark. with Bro. Alan Ashlock officiating and Gregg-Langford Bookout Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ark. in charge.
Dr. Amanda Copeland was a born again Christian, an active member of the Stigler Church of Christ and one of the most knowledgeable, energetic and caring persons I have ever known – one who was concerned for others, always considering their needs before her own, whether they were family, friends, co-workers or strangers in need.
Dr. Copeland was also a marriage and psychology counselor, and her personal and business ethics were above reproach.
She was born Aug. 13, 1928, in Craighead County, Ark. to the late Walker and Elsie Baldridge. She taught at Nettleton High School in Jonesboro, Ark. from 1960 to 1970, and later served as a business professor at Arkansas State University. She earned her Doctorate in education at Oklahoma State University. In 1989, she became the first director of Kiamichi Technology Center in Stigler, where she retired from in 1995.
Dr. Copeland was officially Kiamichi Area Vo-Tech Stigler Campus Director, but she was our Director/Counselor/Educational Enhancement Coordinator. She knew every student by name and made each of them feel important. She taught special sessions on how to “feel good about yourself.” She has taught from Arkansas (in the 70s) to Egypt (1973), and finally to what she called home: Stigler.
During her years in Stigler, Dr. Copeland worked tirelessly on several projects to help make Stigler a better place to live. She was a big promoter of the Haskell County Health Clinic. She started and was president of the AARP Chapter and OREA; active in the Chamber of Commerce and the Red Cross; and was always available to help in any position where she was needed, from answering phones, greeting visitors as they came into our city, helping to line up the floats for the Annual Christmas Parade, going to the Capitol to meet with our Legislators (and always taking a group with her) or just being available when someone needed a friend or a sympathetic ear.
Although a former business teacher, we at KTC always teased her about how she could teach any subject. She told me about taking the train to California and working as a welder’s helper. She was 19 years old and a newlywed, and she said it made her feel closer to her husband who was serving overseas during WWII.
Another interesting story was how she and Dr. Glen Gardner earned their doctorates together. Two people from Arkansas and two from Oklahoma were awarded scholarships to get their doctorates at OSU. She was selected from Arkansas and Glen was selected from Oklahoma. They met at OSU and became good friends for life. Later, Dr. Gardner retired as Deputy Director of Oklahoma’s Kiamichi Technology Centers and Dr. Copeland retired as Director of Kiamichi Technology Center in Stigler.
She has received more awards than I could begin to list in this article, but here are just a few: Fulbright Award, Personalities of the South, Counselor of the Year and Human Rights Award.
Dr. Amanda Copeland is survived by her two daughters, Ravaina Lynn Copeland and Nancy Mae Baldree; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.S. Copeland Jr.; son, C.W. Copeland; and two brothers, Devane Baldridge and Raymond Baldridge.
She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
To me, she will always be that great friend and mentor I will never forget.
In Memory of Dr. Amanda Copeland
By Nellwyn Carlton
Dr. Amanda Copeland, 88, passed away peacefully at her home in Mayflower, Ark. on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. A graveside service to celebrate her life was held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, at Macey Cemetery near Monette, Ark. with Bro. Alan Ashlock officiating and Gregg-Langford Bookout Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ark. in charge.
Dr. Amanda Copeland was a born again Christian, an active member of the Stigler Church of Christ and one of the most knowledgeable, energetic and caring persons I have ever known – one who was concerned for others, always considering their needs before her own, whether they were family, friends, co-workers or strangers in need.
Dr. Copeland was also a marriage and psychology counselor, and her personal and business ethics were above reproach.
She was born Aug. 13, 1928, in Craighead County, Ark. to the late Walker and Elsie Baldridge. She taught at Nettleton High School in Jonesboro, Ark. from 1960 to 1970, and later served as a business professor at Arkansas State University. She earned her Doctorate in education at Oklahoma State University. In 1989, she became the first director of Kiamichi Technology Center in Stigler, where she retired from in 1995.
Dr. Copeland was officially Kiamichi Area Vo-Tech Stigler Campus Director, but she was our Director/Counselor/Educational Enhancement Coordinator. She knew every student by name and made each of them feel important. She taught special sessions on how to “feel good about yourself.” She has taught from Arkansas (in the 70s) to Egypt (1973), and finally to what she called home: Stigler.
During her years in Stigler, Dr. Copeland worked tirelessly on several projects to help make Stigler a better place to live. She was a big promoter of the Haskell County Health Clinic. She started and was president of the AARP Chapter and OREA; active in the Chamber of Commerce and the Red Cross; and was always available to help in any position where she was needed, from answering phones, greeting visitors as they came into our city, helping to line up the floats for the Annual Christmas Parade, going to the Capitol to meet with our Legislators (and always taking a group with her) or just being available when someone needed a friend or a sympathetic ear.
Although a former business teacher, we at KTC always teased her about how she could teach any subject. She told me about taking the train to California and working as a welder’s helper. She was 19 years old and a newlywed, and she said it made her feel closer to her husband who was serving overseas during WWII.
Another interesting story was how she and Dr. Glen Gardner earned their doctorates together. Two people from Arkansas and two from Oklahoma were awarded scholarships to get their doctorates at OSU. She was selected from Arkansas and Glen was selected from Oklahoma. They met at OSU and became good friends for life. Later, Dr. Gardner retired as Deputy Director of Oklahoma’s Kiamichi Technology Centers and Dr. Copeland retired as Director of Kiamichi Technology Center in Stigler.
She has received more awards than I could begin to list in this article, but here are just a few: Fulbright Award, Personalities of the South, Counselor of the Year and Human Rights Award.
Dr. Amanda Copeland is survived by her two daughters, Ravaina Lynn Copeland and Nancy Mae Baldree; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.S. Copeland Jr.; son, C.W. Copeland; and two brothers, Devane Baldridge and Raymond Baldridge.
She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
To me, she will always be that great friend and mentor I will never forget.
Published in the 9/21/17 Stigler News-Sentinel:
In Memory of Dr. Amanda Copeland
By Nellwyn Carlton
Dr. Amanda Copeland, 88, passed away peacefully at her home in Mayflower, Ark. on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. A graveside service to celebrate her life was held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, at Macey Cemetery near Monette, Ark. with Bro. Alan Ashlock officiating and Gregg-Langford Bookout Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ark. in charge.
Dr. Amanda Copeland was a born again Christian, an active member of the Stigler Church of Christ and one of the most knowledgeable, energetic and caring persons I have ever known – one who was concerned for others, always considering their needs before her own, whether they were family, friends, co-workers or strangers in need.
Dr. Copeland was also a marriage and psychology counselor, and her personal and business ethics were above reproach.
She was born Aug. 13, 1928, in Craighead County, Ark. to the late Walker and Elsie Baldridge. She taught at Nettleton High School in Jonesboro, Ark. from 1960 to 1970, and later served as a business professor at Arkansas State University. She earned her Doctorate in education at Oklahoma State University. In 1989, she became the first director of Kiamichi Technology Center in Stigler, where she retired from in 1995.
Dr. Copeland was officially Kiamichi Area Vo-Tech Stigler Campus Director, but she was our Director/Counselor/Educational Enhancement Coordinator. She knew every student by name and made each of them feel important. She taught special sessions on how to “feel good about yourself.” She has taught from Arkansas (in the 70s) to Egypt (1973), and finally to what she called home: Stigler.
During her years in Stigler, Dr. Copeland worked tirelessly on several projects to help make Stigler a better place to live. She was a big promoter of the Haskell County Health Clinic. She started and was president of the AARP Chapter and OREA; active in the Chamber of Commerce and the Red Cross; and was always available to help in any position where she was needed, from answering phones, greeting visitors as they came into our city, helping to line up the floats for the Annual Christmas Parade, going to the Capitol to meet with our Legislators (and always taking a group with her) or just being available when someone needed a friend or a sympathetic ear.
Although a former business teacher, we at KTC always teased her about how she could teach any subject. She told me about taking the train to California and working as a welder’s helper. She was 19 years old and a newlywed, and she said it made her feel closer to her husband who was serving overseas during WWII.
Another interesting story was how she and Dr. Glen Gardner earned their doctorates together. Two people from Arkansas and two from Oklahoma were awarded scholarships to get their doctorates at OSU. She was selected from Arkansas and Glen was selected from Oklahoma. They met at OSU and became good friends for life. Later, Dr. Gardner retired as Deputy Director of Oklahoma’s Kiamichi Technology Centers and Dr. Copeland retired as Director of Kiamichi Technology Center in Stigler.
She has received more awards than I could begin to list in this article, but here are just a few: Fulbright Award, Personalities of the South, Counselor of the Year and Human Rights Award.
Dr. Amanda Copeland is survived by her two daughters, Ravaina Lynn Copeland and Nancy Mae Baldree; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.S. Copeland Jr.; son, C.W. Copeland; and two brothers, Devane Baldridge and Raymond Baldridge.
She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
To me, she will always be that great friend and mentor I will never forget.
In Memory of Dr. Amanda Copeland
By Nellwyn Carlton
Dr. Amanda Copeland, 88, passed away peacefully at her home in Mayflower, Ark. on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. A graveside service to celebrate her life was held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, at Macey Cemetery near Monette, Ark. with Bro. Alan Ashlock officiating and Gregg-Langford Bookout Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ark. in charge.
Dr. Amanda Copeland was a born again Christian, an active member of the Stigler Church of Christ and one of the most knowledgeable, energetic and caring persons I have ever known – one who was concerned for others, always considering their needs before her own, whether they were family, friends, co-workers or strangers in need.
Dr. Copeland was also a marriage and psychology counselor, and her personal and business ethics were above reproach.
She was born Aug. 13, 1928, in Craighead County, Ark. to the late Walker and Elsie Baldridge. She taught at Nettleton High School in Jonesboro, Ark. from 1960 to 1970, and later served as a business professor at Arkansas State University. She earned her Doctorate in education at Oklahoma State University. In 1989, she became the first director of Kiamichi Technology Center in Stigler, where she retired from in 1995.
Dr. Copeland was officially Kiamichi Area Vo-Tech Stigler Campus Director, but she was our Director/Counselor/Educational Enhancement Coordinator. She knew every student by name and made each of them feel important. She taught special sessions on how to “feel good about yourself.” She has taught from Arkansas (in the 70s) to Egypt (1973), and finally to what she called home: Stigler.
During her years in Stigler, Dr. Copeland worked tirelessly on several projects to help make Stigler a better place to live. She was a big promoter of the Haskell County Health Clinic. She started and was president of the AARP Chapter and OREA; active in the Chamber of Commerce and the Red Cross; and was always available to help in any position where she was needed, from answering phones, greeting visitors as they came into our city, helping to line up the floats for the Annual Christmas Parade, going to the Capitol to meet with our Legislators (and always taking a group with her) or just being available when someone needed a friend or a sympathetic ear.
Although a former business teacher, we at KTC always teased her about how she could teach any subject. She told me about taking the train to California and working as a welder’s helper. She was 19 years old and a newlywed, and she said it made her feel closer to her husband who was serving overseas during WWII.
Another interesting story was how she and Dr. Glen Gardner earned their doctorates together. Two people from Arkansas and two from Oklahoma were awarded scholarships to get their doctorates at OSU. She was selected from Arkansas and Glen was selected from Oklahoma. They met at OSU and became good friends for life. Later, Dr. Gardner retired as Deputy Director of Oklahoma’s Kiamichi Technology Centers and Dr. Copeland retired as Director of Kiamichi Technology Center in Stigler.
She has received more awards than I could begin to list in this article, but here are just a few: Fulbright Award, Personalities of the South, Counselor of the Year and Human Rights Award.
Dr. Amanda Copeland is survived by her two daughters, Ravaina Lynn Copeland and Nancy Mae Baldree; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.S. Copeland Jr.; son, C.W. Copeland; and two brothers, Devane Baldridge and Raymond Baldridge.
She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
To me, she will always be that great friend and mentor I will never forget.
Bio by: Donna Boyles Scrivener
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