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Addie Belle Copeland
October 1, 2012
Addie Belle Copeland, 89 of Atmore, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012. She taught school for 38 years. The last 25 years of those were at Davis Elementary School. She retired in 1980, was an active member of First Baptist Church of Atmore and worked tirelessly for many years teaching Sunday school, training union, vacation Bible school and initiated the Bible drill program.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Eddie Carl Copeland.
Survivors include her daughter, Sheila Copeland of Montgomery; her son and daughter-in-law, Darrell and Anita Copeland of Cary, NC; two grandchildren, Jared (Ali) Copeland of Austin, TX, and Laura Copeland (Terry) Pollard of Tulsa, OK; three great-grandchildren, Jack and Chuck Copeland, and Mya Pollard.
Services will be Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at 10 a.m. from the First Baptist Church of Atmore with Rev. Arnold Hendrix officiating.
Interment and graveside services will follow at 3 p.m. in Longino Baptist Church Cemetery in Philadelphia, MS.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Dr. John Smith’s Sunday school class.
Family will receive friends Tuesday October 2, 2012, at the First Baptist Church of Atmore from 9 a.m. until service time.
Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
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4 Responses to “Addie Belle Copeland”
I never had Mrs Copeland as a full time teacher but at one time during my 6th grade year all the teachers taught our class.She always made us think about our work and put forth all our effort to do the best we could. I feel blessed to have had that time in her class. She was a great lady. As she grew older she helped other kids that were having trouble learning and I’m sure they will always be grateful to her. She will be truly missed.
She was also my 1st grade teacher at EWSchool. I can see the things we had to copy from the blackboard, & that was 51 yrs ago. Thought she was so very pretty.
Thank you for your comment SHJ. Teaching was her gift, and she believed that if you could read well and understand what you read that you could do anything.
Mrs. C was my first grade teacher. She was so strict and tough. But I am glad she was my teacher. The foundation she laid made everything else in school come easily to me.