COPELAND, William Flournoy The Pulaski Citizen 5 Nov 1952
Dr. William Flournoy Copeland, 74, prominent Giles County physician and the mayor of Lynnville, died of a heart ailment at ten o'clock Thursday morning, October 30, at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, following a year of declining health.
Funeral rites were held at the Lynnville Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with the Rev. W. C. Moorehead, pastor of the church, and the Rev. W. C. Wallace of Nashville, a former pastor, officiating. Burial took place in the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery under the auspices of the Masons and Odd Fellows.
Born July 28, 1878, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Matthew Taylor Copeland, Esq., and Nancy Lovice May Copeland.
Upon his graduation from the University of Nashville in 1904, he went to Southport in Maury County to practice. It was here he met and married Miss Lennie Wiley on November 24, 1908. She survives.
Later Dr. Copeland moved to Campbellsville where he practiced nineteen years. Later practice took him to Cornersville for a few years and eleven years ago he moved to Lynnville where he filled many places of trust. A member of the Lynnville Methodist Church, he served on the honorary board of stewards and the board of trustees, in addition to becoming mayor of Lynnville in recent years. He was a member of the Giles County Medical Society, the Tennessee Medical Society and was a member of the staff of the new Giles County Hospital.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Odd Fellows and the Woodman Lodge.
In addition to his wife, Dr. Copeland is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Joe Moore, Cornersville, Mrs. Lyndal Smith, Chattanooga, and Mrs. Earl Davis, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Reeves Rainey, Nashville; one son, Matthew Wiley Copeland, Lynnville; and nine grandchildren.
A son, W. F. Copeland, Jr., died June 16, 1941.
Dr. William Flournoy Copeland, 74, prominent Giles County physician and the mayor of Lynnville, died of a heart ailment at ten o'clock Thursday morning, October 30, at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, following a year of declining health.
Funeral rites were held at the Lynnville Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with the Rev. W. C. Moorehead, pastor of the church, and the Rev. W. C. Wallace of Nashville, a former pastor, officiating. Burial took place in the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery under the auspices of the Masons and Odd Fellows.
Born July 28, 1878, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Matthew Taylor Copeland, Esq., and Nancy Lovice May Copeland.
Upon his graduation from the University of Nashville in 1904, he went to Southport in Maury County to practice. It was here he met and married Miss Lennie Wiley on November 24, 1908. She survives.
Later Dr. Copeland moved to Campbellsville where he practiced nineteen years. Later practice took him to Cornersville for a few years and eleven years ago he moved to Lynnville where he filled many places of trust. A member of the Lynnville Methodist Church, he served on the honorary board of stewards and the board of trustees, in addition to becoming mayor of Lynnville in recent years. He was a member of the Giles County Medical Society, the Tennessee Medical Society and was a member of the staff of the new Giles County Hospital.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Odd Fellows and the Woodman Lodge.
In addition to his wife, Dr. Copeland is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Joe Moore, Cornersville, Mrs. Lyndal Smith, Chattanooga, and Mrs. Earl Davis, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Reeves Rainey, Nashville; one son, Matthew Wiley Copeland, Lynnville; and nine grandchildren.
A son, W. F. Copeland, Jr., died June 16, 1941.
COPELAND, William Flournoy The Pulaski Citizen 5 Nov 1952
Dr. William Flournoy Copeland, 74, prominent Giles County physician and the mayor of Lynnville, died of a heart ailment at ten o'clock Thursday morning, October 30, at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, following a year of declining health.
Funeral rites were held at the Lynnville Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with the Rev. W. C. Moorehead, pastor of the church, and the Rev. W. C. Wallace of Nashville, a former pastor, officiating. Burial took place in the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery under the auspices of the Masons and Odd Fellows.
Born July 28, 1878, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Matthew Taylor Copeland, Esq., and Nancy Lovice May Copeland.
Upon his graduation from the University of Nashville in 1904, he went to Southport in Maury County to practice. It was here he met and married Miss Lennie Wiley on November 24, 1908. She survives.
Later Dr. Copeland moved to Campbellsville where he practiced nineteen years. Later practice took him to Cornersville for a few years and eleven years ago he moved to Lynnville where he filled many places of trust. A member of the Lynnville Methodist Church, he served on the honorary board of stewards and the board of trustees, in addition to becoming mayor of Lynnville in recent years. He was a member of the Giles County Medical Society, the Tennessee Medical Society and was a member of the staff of the new Giles County Hospital.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Odd Fellows and the Woodman Lodge.
In addition to his wife, Dr. Copeland is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Joe Moore, Cornersville, Mrs. Lyndal Smith, Chattanooga, and Mrs. Earl Davis, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Reeves Rainey, Nashville; one son, Matthew Wiley Copeland, Lynnville; and nine grandchildren.
A son, W. F. Copeland, Jr., died June 16, 1941.
Dr. William Flournoy Copeland, 74, prominent Giles County physician and the mayor of Lynnville, died of a heart ailment at ten o'clock Thursday morning, October 30, at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, following a year of declining health.
Funeral rites were held at the Lynnville Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with the Rev. W. C. Moorehead, pastor of the church, and the Rev. W. C. Wallace of Nashville, a former pastor, officiating. Burial took place in the family lot in Lynnwood Cemetery under the auspices of the Masons and Odd Fellows.
Born July 28, 1878, in Giles County, he was the son of the late Matthew Taylor Copeland, Esq., and Nancy Lovice May Copeland.
Upon his graduation from the University of Nashville in 1904, he went to Southport in Maury County to practice. It was here he met and married Miss Lennie Wiley on November 24, 1908. She survives.
Later Dr. Copeland moved to Campbellsville where he practiced nineteen years. Later practice took him to Cornersville for a few years and eleven years ago he moved to Lynnville where he filled many places of trust. A member of the Lynnville Methodist Church, he served on the honorary board of stewards and the board of trustees, in addition to becoming mayor of Lynnville in recent years. He was a member of the Giles County Medical Society, the Tennessee Medical Society and was a member of the staff of the new Giles County Hospital.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Odd Fellows and the Woodman Lodge.
In addition to his wife, Dr. Copeland is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Joe Moore, Cornersville, Mrs. Lyndal Smith, Chattanooga, and Mrs. Earl Davis, Lewisburg, and Mrs. Reeves Rainey, Nashville; one son, Matthew Wiley Copeland, Lynnville; and nine grandchildren.
A son, W. F. Copeland, Jr., died June 16, 1941.
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"W. FLOURNOY COPELAND M.D."
"1878 - 1952"
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