My aunt by marriage only.
PICTURE 18 Jan. 1979, Willie Copelan and wife Estelle (Wellborn) Copelan on 50th wedding anniversary.
Born: 19 Feb. 1909, Georgia. 1 3 4
Parents: JOSEPH VIRGIL WELLBORN AND ELIZABETH MCCLAIN
Married: 15 Dec. 1928, McCormick, SC. 1 2
Death: 31 March 1985. 1 4
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Garden Cemetery, Abbeville, SC. 1
Notes:
21 Dec. 1928 DREXEL NOTES, The Madisonian, Madison, GA:
"Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Wellborn have been doubly blessed in gaining both a son and daughter for a Christmas gift, as Asbury recently was married to a Miss Smith, of Athens, and Estelle to Willie Copelan, of Drexel. May their pathway through life be ever bright with God's richest blessings.
(Typos have been corrected)
26 April 1929 SANDY CREEK NEWS, The Madisonian, Madison, GA: "Mr. and Mrs. Willie Copeland and Miss Bessie Wellborn spent Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. Ben Stapp, of Rutledge."
Social Security Death Index:
Name: Estelle Copelan
Last Residence: 29620 Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Born: 19 Feb 1909
Last Benefit: 29620 Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Died: Mar 1985
State (Year) SSN issued: South Carolina (1953)
Spouse: WILLIAM MARION COPELAN
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM MARION COPELAN AND ESTELLE ELIZABETH WELLBORN:
(my first cousins)
WILLIAM MARION COPELAN, JR.
JAMES EDWARD COPELAN
TOMMIE RONALD COPELAN "Ronnie" m. Lynn Pope, Alice "Dot" Ricketts. 1
RAY DOUGLAS COPELAN m. Syble Elaine Fleming. 1
CHARLES FRANKLIN COPELAN
Sources:
1. Information furnished by William Marion Copelan, Jr.
2. The Madisonian, Drexel Notes column, 21 Dec. 1928.
3. 1910 Federal Census, Harris, Morgan, GA.
4. Social Security Death Index.
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