NAME: WALTER LLOYD COPELAND, AGE 70, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: OCTOBER 17, 1926 AT ATOKA, OK TO WALTER PARKS AND ZULENE ETHEL (HOSKINS) COPELAND. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1997 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT, OK. AGE: 70 YEARS 4 MONTHS 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA A&M, AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: JANE BAUGHMAN ON FEBRUARY 14, 1997 AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA. OCCUPATION: POSTAL WORKER OF OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME (SINCE 1937) MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY AND WAS A MEMBER OF VFW, ATOKA POST #60. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JANE COPELAND OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: TERESA LOCKE AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF SWEET WATER, OK. JIM WOOD AND WIFE EVELYN OF SAN JOSE, CA. CLAY COPELAND AND WIFE MICHELLE OF FT. WORTH, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: MICHAEL COPELAND, REID COPELAND, TYLER LOCKE, OLIVIA LOCKE, AND MICHAEL WOOD. BROTHER: MAX COPELAND AND WIFE KATHRYN OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: PAULINE BROOME OF ATOKA, OK. UNCLES: JIM HOSKINS, CLINE HOSKINS, DURR HOSKINS, TONY HOSKINS, AND THEADUS HOSKINS. AUNT: THERESA PAIGE. SPECIAL COUSIN: PATSY WILLIAMSON. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WALTER AND ZULENE COPELAND. BROTHER: LOUIS COPELAND. 3 UNCLES. 1 AUNT.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA. OFFICIATING: REV. MARK BOLERJACK. ASSISTING: REV. BETTY BOLERJACK. CASKETBEARERS: GILBERT BAKER, ARVEL HALL, JACK BONNER, HARLEY JENKINS, JIMMY LADD, BILL MALONE, CLYDE SHEFFIELD.