Vera Daniels Copeland, 92, of Tifton passed away Monday, March 15, 2004, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at New River Baptist Church in Tifton with the Rev. Tony Register and the Rev. Larry Layfield officiating. Mrs. Copeland was laid to rest at New River Baptist Church Cemetery in Tifton.
Garret Wellman, Monty Copeland, Daniel Copeland, Donald Anderson, Jimmie Hill and Larry Scarborough served as pallbearers.
Born October 8, 1911, in Tift County, Mrs. Copeland was the daughter of the late John R. Daniels and Ellen McMillan Daniels. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Elias L. Copeland; one daughter, Catherine Scarborough; two sisters, Lucille Dixon and Eula Daniels; and one brother, R. R. "Buck" Daniels. She was a homemaker; and she was a member of New River Baptist Church in Tifton She had lived in Tifton her whole life.
Mrs. Copeland is survived by four sons, Lloyd Copeland, Bruce Copeland, Earl Copeland and Gerald Copeland, all of Tifton; three daughters, Ruth Hobbs, Margaret Denby and Ann Ennis, all of Tifton; one sister, Alice Haley of Riverside, California; sixteen grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and numerous great-great grandchildren.