My uncle.
PICTURES
Born: 6 April 1907, Greene Co., GA. 1 2 3 5
Parents: WILLIAM ALCESTER COPELAN AND NETTIE WINGARD BAUGH
Married: 15 Dec. 1928, McCormick, SC. 2 4
Death: 22 April 1993, South Carolina. 2 5 6
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Garden Cemetery, Abbeville, SC. 2
OBITUARY
Notes:
9 April 1926 BROWNWOOD LOCALS, The Madisonian, Madison, GA: "Mr. W. A. Copelan and son, Willie, visited relatives in Greene county recently."
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."
Listed as a farmer in the 1930 Federal Census, Mann, Morgan, GA.
Social Security Death Index:
Name: W. M. Copelan
Last Residence: 29620 Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Born: 6 Apr 1907
Died: Apr 1993
State (Year) SSN issued: South Carolina (Before 1951)
Spouse: ESTELLE ELIZABETH WELLBORN
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. 2
RAY DOUGLAS COPELAN m. Syble Elaine Fleming. 2
CHARLES FRANKLIN COPELAN
Sources:
1. The 1930 census shows Willie, age 20, married at age 18, and Estelle, age 21, married at age 19.
2. Information furnished by William Marion Copelan, Jr.
3. Born 1910 according to the 1920 Federal census, Greene Co., GA; not listed in the 1910 census.
4. The Madisonian, Drexel Notes column, 21 Dec. 1928.
5. Social Security Death Index.
6. Ivor Copelan-Doggett's Bible.
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