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William Alexander Copeland

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William Alexander Copeland

Birth
Death
10 Dec 1942 (aged 93)
Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Champ, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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W. A. Copeland, Sr. -- Funeral services for William A. Copeland, Sr., aged 93 years, who died Thursday, December 10, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Shelton, following a lingering illness, were conducted from the Kelso Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The Rev. A. C. Denman and the Rev. W. M. Crawford officiated. Burial was in the Stiles Cemetery beside the grave of his wife, who died twenty years ago.

For thirty years he made his home in Florida, returning a year ago to a Nashville hospital, where he remained until two months ago, when he came to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Shelton, and Dr. J. M. Shelton.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J. M. Shelton, of Kelso, and Mrs. Jack Rutledge, of Texas; two sons, Roy Copeland, of Chandler, Okla., and W. A. Copeland, Jr., of North Carolina; three sisters, Mrs. Emily Dates and Mrs. George Brown, of Tyler Texas; and Mrs. Mary Scott, of this county; three brothers, the Rev. F. M. Copeland, of Flintville; the Rev. Berry Copeland, of Athens, Alabama, and Lon Copeland, of Flintville.

Source:
Lincoln County News
Fayetteville, Tennessee
December 17, 1942
W. A. Copeland, Sr. -- Funeral services for William A. Copeland, Sr., aged 93 years, who died Thursday, December 10, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Shelton, following a lingering illness, were conducted from the Kelso Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The Rev. A. C. Denman and the Rev. W. M. Crawford officiated. Burial was in the Stiles Cemetery beside the grave of his wife, who died twenty years ago.

For thirty years he made his home in Florida, returning a year ago to a Nashville hospital, where he remained until two months ago, when he came to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Shelton, and Dr. J. M. Shelton.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J. M. Shelton, of Kelso, and Mrs. Jack Rutledge, of Texas; two sons, Roy Copeland, of Chandler, Okla., and W. A. Copeland, Jr., of North Carolina; three sisters, Mrs. Emily Dates and Mrs. George Brown, of Tyler Texas; and Mrs. Mary Scott, of this county; three brothers, the Rev. F. M. Copeland, of Flintville; the Rev. Berry Copeland, of Athens, Alabama, and Lon Copeland, of Flintville.

Source:
Lincoln County News
Fayetteville, Tennessee
December 17, 1942

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HO Hannah C. Copeland



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