WICHITA formerly of Mountain View, Arkansas
Copeland, Ernest Gill, 86, retired Aircraft Machinist, passed away, Saturday, May 10, 2014. He was born in Newnata, Stone County, Arkansas to Benjamin Franklin Copeland and Dora E. (Sutterfield) Copeland. He was a U.S. Army and World War II Veteran. He is survived by his wife Clara Copeland; daughter Rhonda Thomas; grandson Glen "Rusty" Brownlee; great grandchildren Kristy, Brandy, Daniel, Danica and Aaron; great great grandchildren Madison, Hunter and Kennedy; many other family and friends. He is preceded in death by his son Glen Copeland, parents Frank and Dora Copeland, brothers Alvin, Harvey, Morris, Ellis, Orvill and Edward Carl Copeland, sisters Gertha Jeffrery, Bertha Jeffery, Muriel Jessie Whitfield and Jerene Cook. Visitation before with family and Services will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 16 at Baker Funeral Home, 100 S. Cedar, Valley Center. Condolences may be left for the family at www.bakerfhvc.com