Final Salute

Lenton Wesley Copeland, Sr. Obituary

Mr. Lenton Wesley Copeland Sr., 82, of Brunswick, died Wednesday afternoon at Southeast Georgia Health Systems after an extended illness.

He was born in Bacon County to the late Morgan Elliott Copeland and Alvia Crapps Copeland. Mr. Copeland was raised in Waycross where he graduated from Waycross High School.

After high school he enlisted in the United States Navy where he served two tours of duty in Vietnam before retiring in July of 1976 after twenty-one years of service. After retirement he enrolled at Georgia Southern University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree.

Along with his parents he was preceded in death by four brothers, Sam Copeland, Buddy Copeland, Jimmie Copeland, Fred Padgelek and a sister, Marjorie Padgelek.

Mr. Copeland is survived by his wife of sixty-two years, Carolyn Copeland of Brunswick, three children, Henrietta Boatright and her husband Jimmy of Brunswick, Wesley Copeland and his wife Angela of Athens, Georgia, Jeff Copeland and his wife Helen of Bethlehem, Georgia, four grandchildren, Kimberly Wiggins, Bo Boatright, Karmen Copeland, Jeff Copeland II, two great grandchildren, Erin Grace Boatright, Kara Elizabeth Wiggins, and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday in the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6-8 p.m., at the funeral home.

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