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Ed Copeland 1924 - 2009

Ed Copeland of Bunch, Adair County, OK was born on July 31, 1924, and died at age 85 years old on August 1, 2009 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, AR. Ed Copeland was buried at Marble City Cemetery in Marble City, Sequoyah County, OK.
Bunch, Adair County, OK 74931
July 31, 1924
Oklahoma, United States
August 1, 2009
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States
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  • Introduction

    Born and raised in Oklahoma, Ed Copeland died in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was a general laborer who did small engine repair and fishing reel repair and was also a former railroad employee. See Ed Copeland: Obituary.
  • 07/31
    1924

    Birthday

    July 31, 1924
    Birthdate
    Oklahoma United States
    Birthplace
  • Personal Life & Family

    Ed Copeland was born to Ike Copeland and Ida Mae Foutch. Ed married Edith Honeycutt (1926 - 2013) in December of 1945 in Sebastian, Arkansas. They had ten children.
  • 08/1
    2009

    Death

    August 1, 2009
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas United States
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Marble City Cemetery in Marble City, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma United States
    Burial location
  • Obituary

    Mr. Ed Copeland was born July 31, 1924 in Copeland Community, Oklahoma, the son of Ike Copeland and Ida Mae Foutch. He was married to Edith Honeycutt on December 4, 1945 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Mr. Copeland was a general laborer who did small engine repair and fishing reel repair. He was also a former railroad employee and worked at St. Clair Lime. He enjoyed fishing, gardening and his animals and will be affectionately remembered as the best daddy and grandpa in the world. Mr. Copeland passed this life on August 1, 2009 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas after having attained the age of 85 years and 1 day. Survivors include his wife, Edith, of the home; daughters, Freda Smock of Cookson, OK, Darlene Repp of Sallisaw, OK, Sue Butler of Brushy, OK, Rhonda Copeland of Sallisaw, OK, Marilyn Conine of Sallisaw, OK, and Sandra Copeland Peck of Bunch, OK; sons, Gene Copeland of Bunch, OK, Mark Copeland of Bunch, OK and Bobby Copeland of Marble City, OK; sisters, Ida Mae Cobb of Claremore, OK and Bertha Wiswell of Broken Arrow, OK; sixteen grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Also special friend, Charlie Morris. He was preceded in death by his parents, 1 son: Sonny Copeland, 1 grandson: Doyle Copeland, 3 sisters: Sophia Rider, Cassie Johnson and Irene Copeland, 1 brother: Hugh Copeland, 6 half-sisters: Polly, Charlotte, Virgie, Dorothy, Agnes and Alpha and 2 half-brothers: Jack and Elmer. Services will be Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 at 2 pm at Agent Chapel in Sallisaw with interment at Marble City Cemetery. The Rev. Jerry Copeland will officiate and grandsons Kevin Copeland, Dustin Murphy, Kenny Conine, Brandon Butler, Marlin Thornell and Derek Rush will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be his great grandsons, Jerry Wayne Fry, Tim Thornell, John Conine, Rodger Killough and Jacob Helzer. - Agent Funeral Home
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In 1924, in the year that Ed Copeland was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1946, he was 22 years old when pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock's book "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was published. It sold half a million copies in the first six months. Aside from the Bible, it became the best selling book of the 20th century. A generation of Baby Boomers were raised by the advice of Dr. Spock.
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