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Bessie Francis Copes
Funeral services for Bessie Francis McDonald Copes, age 86, of Oak Grove, Louisiana will be held at 2PM on Saturday, March 18, 2006 at the Cox Funeral Home Chapel in Oak Grove.
Reverend Leonard Garlington will officiate.
Burial will be in the Unity Cemetery near Darnell, Louisiana.
Services are under the direction of Cox Funeral Home of Oak Grove.
Mrs. Copes died Thursday, March 16, 2006 at Carroll Nursing Home in Oak Grove.
Mrs. Copes was a native and lifelong resident of West Carroll Parish where she was a member of the Clearlake Baptist Church. At the age of 48 she graduated top of her class from LPN school. She was married to her husband, John Vernon Copes, Sr. for over 52 years.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Vernon Copes, Sr. and her parents, James Daniel McDonald and Mary Emma Cupples McDonald.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, John Vernon Copes and Carol Copes of West Monroe, Louisiana; son and daughter-in-law, Charles Edward Copes and Debi Copes of Hahnville, Louisiana; daughter and son-in-law, Juanita and Gary Bennnett of Oak Grove; 7 grandchildren: Greg Copes, David Copes, Galen Copes, Beth Copes, Alayne Pregeant, Keith Bennett and Jeff Bennett; 5 great grandchildren; 2 brothers, J. D. McDonald and J. L. McDonald both of Alba, Texas; 4 sisters, Irene Bible of Crowville, Louisiana; Dorothy Sawyer of Gilmer, Texas; Pat Brown of Ft. Worth, Texas and Adrienne Ward of Monroe, Louisiana.
Pallbearers are: Rick Copes, Wayne Copes, Pete Copes, John Herbert Copes, Mike Ward and John Robert Ward.
Family will receive friends Friday, March 17, 2006 between the hours of 5 to 8PM at Cox Funeral Home in Oak Grove.
Feb. 7, 1920
-- Mar. 16, 2006