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Leroy Copeland

4 Dec 1913 – 21 Oct 2005

Birth	4 Dec 1913
Death	21 Oct 2005
Cemetery	Bethlehem Cemetery Whitney , Hill County , Texas , USA
Added by	Cathy Creger Shelley on 10 Nov 2005
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12300495

Bio

Leroy Copeland Born in Whitney, Texas on Dec. 4, 1913 Departed on Oct. 21, 2005 and resided in Hurst, TX. Visitation: Saturday Oct. 29, 2005 Service: Saturday Oct. 29, 2005 Cemetery: Bethlehem Cemetery Leroy Copeland of Hurst, Texas passed away peacefully in his home on October 21, 2005. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 54 years, Doris. She passed away May 7, 2005. He was born December 4, 1913 in Whitney, Texas to the late Samuel S. Copeland and Frances Henrietta Bennett. He is survived by his daughter, Martha Delores Dodge of Hillsboro; step-children, Charles Woolsey and wife, Mary Lu, of Brunswick, MD, Wayne Woolsey and wife, Karyl, of Pollock Pines, CA, Marilyn Gilbert and husband, Gary, of Lakeside, CA; four sisters, Mary Ellen Woodley of Dallas, Sammie Young of Hillsboro, Ruth Parker of Roby, and Nell Ashley of Rowlett; 5 grandchildren; 7 step grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews. Also preceding him in death were his two brothers, Jesse Ray “Dick” and Dan Moody Copeland; half-brothers, Ed Fowler, Bill Fowler, Willie Copeland, Earl Copeland, Charlie Copeland; and half-sisters, Thelma Fowler, Ethel Harber, Pearl Fowler and Lola Reaves. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Hurst Lodge #1387 A.F. & A.M. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die we belong to the Lord. Romans 14:8

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Family

Parents

• Samuel Sylvester Copeland 1876–1932
• Frances Henrietta "Fannie" Bennett Copeland 1884–1958

Spouse

• Doris Aline McGlothlin Copeland 1909–2005

Siblings

• Willie Francis Copeland 1891–1944
• Ethel Crystal Copeland Harber 1899–1969
• Earl Copeland 1900–1974
• Effie Pearl Copeland Fowler 1903–1986
• Lola Bell Copeland Reaves 1904–1990
• Edward "Edd" Fowler 1905–1918
• William Alton (W.A.) Fowler 1907–1977
• Charles Sylvester Copeland 1907–1973
• Thelma Fowler Worlow 1909–1991
• Mary Ellen Copeland White 1915–2010
• Ruth Copeland Parker 1919–2006
• Nell Ashley 1920–2007
• Jesse Ray "Dick" Copeland 1923–1997
• Dan Moody Copeland 1926–2004

Children

• Martha Delores Copeland Dodge 1937–2020

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