NAME: MABEL SUE (WINTERS) COPELAND, AGE 75, LIVED IN ATOKA COUNTY MOST OF HER LIFE.

BORN: DECEMBER 31, 1923 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO BERT AND VAY (KAMPPLAIN) WINTERS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1999 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA FROM SMOKE INHALATION. AGE: 75 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1941. OCCUPATION: SUE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND WORKED DURING THE WAR IN THE SHIP YARDS IN CALIFORNIA AND ALSO WORKED AS A CLERK TYPIST AT MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SUE WAS ACTIVE IN THE ATOKA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE ATOKA CHAPTER OF THE EASTERN STAR. SHE SERVED AS CAMP FIRE GIRLS LEADER AND CUB SCOUT LEADER. HER HOBBIES INCLUDED CRAFTS, COLLECTING COOKBOOKS AND GROWING FLOWERS. SURVIVED BY SONS: JIM COPELAND AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. STEVE COPELAND AND WIFE VICKIE OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER: VAY WINTERS OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BRYAN COPELAND OF JUSTIN, TX. STEPHANIE COPELAND OF DALLAS, TX. ASHLEY ROBINSON AND HUSBAND MIKE OF PLANO, TX. STACY GARRETT OF STILLWATER, OK. SEAN GARRETT OF ADA, OK. STEVEN GARRETT OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: IRVING BO WINTERS AND WIFE VIOLET OF ANTLERS, OK. SISTERS: BETTY HEINSOHN AND HUSBAND MARVIN OF RIDGECREST, CA. LOU ANN LOWE AND HUSBAND N. R. TOOPIE OF ATOKA, OK. BOBBYE LOWRY OF ATOKA, OK. LINDA KAY COX OF ATOKA, OK. UNCLE & AUNT: JOHN AND DORIS WINTERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: BERT WINTERS. BROTHER: RONNIE WINTERS. DAUGHTER: BETTY SUE COPELAND. DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON CASKETBEARERS: FRED LOWRY, BRYAN COPELAND, JOHN SMITHART, TONY WINTERS, STEVEN GARRETT, SEAN GARRETT. HONORAY CASKETBEARERS: BILL MILLER, PAUL MULLINS, DON BARNARD, CHARLES MCCALL, RICHARD BOND, MAX COPELAND, BRIAN MIXON, CLIFFORD BROWN.