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1946 - 2018 (71 years)| Name | Josey Dwight “Jose/Josey” COPELAND [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] | |
| Birth | 6 Aug 1946 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  [2, 4] |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina JOSEY D. COPELAND Posted Sunday, January 7, 2018 2:00 am ASHWOOD - Josey Dwight "Jose" Copeland, 71, loving husband of Joyce Bartlette Copeland, died on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Born on Aug. 6, 1946, in Sumter, he was a son of the late John Marion Copeland and Susan Josey Copeland. He was a member of Ashwood Church of the Nazarene. He retired from the Sumter Fire Department as an engineer after 25 years of service. He was a fire department cook and had cooked for the U.S. Secret Service and President George Bush. He assisted with recovery efforts after Hurricane Andrew by cooking for the relief workers. He was a combat engineer in the U.S. Army and served in the Vietnam War. He was a member of the White Horse Hunting Club. Survivors include his wife of 48 years; a brother, Gerald Copeland of Florence; two sisters, Rebecca "Becky" McDuffie and Janie Copeland, both of Sumter; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by siblings, Inez Daniels, Thurmond Copeland, Donald Copeland, Agnes Holland, James Copeland and Leila Belken. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Al Sims and the Rev. Robert Morris officiating. Burial will be at Sumter Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bill Christmas, John Copeland, Patrick Buckner, Doug Connelly, Roger Jowers and Ray Mills. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Sumter Fire Department and Buck Wells. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. North, Suite 101, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. [2, 3, 7] | |
| MILI | He was a combat engineer in the U. S. Amy and served in the Viet-Nam War. [7] | |
| _UID | 78A0F86A23CE4B73A66A3ACB181063CB94D3 | |
| Death | 3 Jan 2018 | Medical University of South Carolina Hosptial, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina |
| Burial | 7 Jan 2018 | Sumter Cemetery, 700 W. Oakland Avenue, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [7] |
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| Person ID | I174435 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 1 Dec 2020 | |
| Father | John Marion COPELAND, b. 24 Jan 1890, Lee County, South Carolina d. 11 Aug 1970, 17 Virginia Drive, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 80 years) | |
| Mother | Susan Peninah “Susie” JOSEY, b. 28 Jan 1908, Lee County, South Carolina d. 11 Mar 1974, Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 66 years) | |
| Marriage | 24 Nov 1932 | Lee County, South Carolina [4] |
| _UID | CDEB3138D9C8453C86BAFE764208910DDF84 | |
| _UID | CDEB3138D9C8453C86BAFE764208910DDF84 | |
| Family ID | F118674 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Living | |
| Family ID | F46713 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 17 Feb 2018 | |
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