Betty Jane Kimble Copeland

Betty Jane Kimble Copeland, died on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 in Tallahassee, FL. She was born in Quitman, GA to the late Robert Berner and Rubye Williams Kimble on February 10, 1928. She attended schools in Quitman and graduated in 1945 from Quitman High School. During her High School years she served as President of the Beta Club, was a student council representative, served in the Drama Club, Reading Club, and was a member of the girls’ basketball team. In 1948, she graduated from Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta, GA. She was employed as a Registered Nurse in Georgia for forty-two years before retiring in 1990. For many years she worked at South Georgia Medical Center serving as a Supervisor of Nurses and as Chief of Infection Control. In 1993, she and her husband, H. Talley Copeland moved to Alachua, FL where he preceded her in death in March 1994. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in High Springs, FL.

Survivors include three sons, three daughters-in-law, five grandchildren, one great grandchild, and two sisters: Harry H. and Debbie Copeland of Orlando, FL with daughter, Daphne Lynne (Dee Dee) and her husband Caleb Hellerman and their child, Silas all of Atlanta, GA; Robert Talley and Julie Copeland with Anthony Jon (A.J.), Parker Talley and Jordyn Rylee of Tallahassee, FL; Tom Lindsey and Gracie Copeland with Logan Talley of Alachua, FL. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Eugene Kimbrell (Peggy) of Vidalia, GA and Mrs. John Dalton (Lenore) of Valdosta, GA. Other Kimble siblings preceding Ms. Copeland in death were Mary Frances K. Knight, Juanita K. Simmons, Polly K. Ives and Kinch Kimble. Surviving sisters-in-law include Rhoda Chancy Coleburn of Quitman, GA, Cleo Smith of Richmond, VA, Gladys Comus of Huntsville, AL. Susie Copeland of Ft. Oglethorpe, GA and Evelyn Marlowe and husband Harold of Ringgold, GA. Brothers-in-law preceding Ms. Copeland in death were Ted L. Copeland and wife Clifford and Thomas Arthur Copeland and his wife Orabelle.

Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, 2005 in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home with Reverend Alan Patz of First United Methodist Church of Alachua officiating. Interment will follow at the Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 6 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308, (850) 878-5310. Carson McLane Funeral Home, Valdosta, GA.


Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602