August 28, 1999

EVA COPELAND

MOREHOUSE -- Eva Lou Copeland, 78, died Friday, Aug. 27, 1999, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 9, 1920, at Cline's Island, daughter of Frank and Rosa Robey Patrick. Copeland was a New Madrid County election judge in the Morehouse voting precinct for many years...

MOREHOUSE -- Eva Lou Copeland, 78, died Friday, Aug. 27, 1999, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.

She was born Sept. 9, 1920, at Cline's Island, daughter of Frank and Rosa Robey Patrick.

Copeland was a New Madrid County election judge in the Morehouse voting precinct for many years.

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Survivors include a son, Rocky Copeland of Morehouse; two daughters, Claudette Copeland of Morehouse, Alma Acord of Memphis, Tenn.; a brother, Dempsey Patrick of Bloomfield; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, two brothers, and three sisters.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. The Revs. Jim Martin and Rick Lasley will officiate. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston.

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