Shirley Ann Copeland

September 4, 1948 - June 5, 2020

Funeral Services for Shirley Copeland will be officiated by pastor Bobby Botts, 2:00 Wednesday in the Green Country Funeral Home Chapel. Serving as Pall Bearers are Kirk Walker, Jerrad Copeland, Joshua Copeland, Dylan Daniels, Hunter Wooten, and Aarron Rector, Honorary Pall Bearers are Joe Copeland, David Copeland, Gary Clinton, and Larry Blevins. Interment will follow in the Mt. Zion Cemetery under the care of Green Country Funeral Home. Shirley A Copeland was born September 4, 1948, here in Tahlequah. She died in in Tulsa, OK on June 5, 2020, after reaching the age of 71 years, nine months, and one day. Raised in Cherokee County She attended area grade schools before attending Hulbert High. Following high school she began working as secretary for Phil Made Sewing Factory then for the District Attorney Nathan Young also as secretary. Then for 37 years she worked at Cherokee Housing Authority before retiring. She and Jess Willlard Copeland Jr were married on September 23, 1969. She loved to “GO”, Go camping, GO on vacations, GO fishing, GO dancing, she was all ways ready to GO anywhere with anyone at any time. She enjoyed being around family, people, and never ever met a stranger. Shirley has been preceded in death by her husband Jess in 2017, her mother Ann Kessinger, and father Vernon Christenberry Shirley is survive by her children Velva and Don Eubanks, and Jerry and Marsha Copeland all of Tahlequah, Her Dad Bill Kellinger known as Pops to his family, her eight grandchildren Ashley, Brittni, Jerrad, Jessica, Cammie, Lindsey, Joshua, and Shelby; six great grandchildren Jaxon, Logan, Paizly, Kaylee, Olivia, and Jase; her sisters Verna McNeil, Janice Copeland, and Gail Blevins, and her brother Richard Kessinger. She is also survived by cousins Jim Webster, Kay Acorn, and Glenda Davis who were raised as her siblings.