THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
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DATE: Saturday, September 10, 1994 TAG: 9409100151
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: FINAL
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Patricia Diane ``Aunt Di'' Copeland, 43, of the 6100 block of Dunkirk St., died Sept. 8, 1994, in a Petersburg hospital.
She was born in Norfolk County and was the daughter of the late Edna Taylor Copeland.
Survivors include her father, Julius Copeland of Portsmouth; six sisters, Sylvia Brown and Edna M. McCoy, both of Portsmouth, Sandy Irene Blackett of Chesapeake, Celestine Hutton of Baltimore, Md., Syretha Wright of Capron, Va., and Pamela Lee of Virginia Beach; three brothers, Julius L. Copeland of Chesapeake, Arthur Copeland of Alexandria, Va., and Maynard Darnell Copeland of Portsmouth; 28 nieces and nephews; 19 great-nieces and nephews; and two uncles, Fred D. Taylor and Jesse Taylor, both of Portsmouth.
A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Fisher Funeral Home by Bishop Ted Thomas and Dr. Melvin O. Marriner Sr. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will assemble at 5904 Campbell St. for the funeral procession.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB