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Walter F. Copes - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, November 24, 1982

Services for Walter F. Copes, 77, were at 2 p.m. Sunday at Crothers Funeral Home chapel with the 
Rev. Alton Hodnett officiating. Burial was in Unity Cemetery in Darnell.

Mr. Copes died Saturday at his residence after a short illness.

Mr. Copes was a native of Richland Parish and a resident of Tallulah for 39 years. He was a farmer, 
a pork producer and a trapper. He was a member of the Farm Bureau and a member of Bayou Macon Baptist 
Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Verda Mae Copes of Tallulah; two sons, Duane Copes of West Point, Miss., 
Jerry W. Copes of Tallulah; two daughters, Mrs. Christine Walters of Rayville, Mrs. Laura Pitre of Denham 
Springs; three brothers, Louis Copes, Ernest Copes, T.T. Copes, all of Pioneer; five sisters, Mrs. 
Louise McGaha, Mrs. Annie Kemp, Mrs. Maude Osborn, Mrs. Mattie Ragland, all of Pioneer, Mrs. Hazel Savage 
of Delhi; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Benny J. Holloway, Benny Strong, Dan Copes, Wayne Wilson, Andrew Powers and Harold Bolton.