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Sumter, SC

Barbara Copeland Green, 84, wife of, Turner Augustus “Gus” Green died Monday, July 16 at Morningside of Sumter.

Born in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Lonnie M. Copeland and the late Lucille Peebles Copeland. Mrs. Green was a member of Turbeville Southern Methodist Church and attended First Southern Methodist Church in Sumter. She was a nurse and retired from Sumter County DHEC. She also worked with Sumter School District #2 and Sumter Pediatrics.

Survivors include three children, Thomas M. Green of Savannah, GA, Robert A. Green (Beth) of Duncan, and Nan G. Weeks (Cray) of Sumter; seven grandchildren, Turner Green, Thomas Green, Anna Sams Green, Millie Malone (William), McCray Weeks, Mason Weeks (Casey), and Madison Weeks; two great-grandchildren, Charlie Malone and Lucy Malone; and a brother, Kenneth Copeland (Pat) of Greenwood; and three sisters, Bernice Slider (Jerry) of Maryland, Ernestine Viars of Charleston, and Margaret Fletcher (Donnie) of Sumter.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Herman Copeland and Arthur Wayne Copeland.

Funeral services will be held at 11 am Friday at Turbeville Southern Methodist Church with the Rev. Billy Griffith, and the Rev. Ellison Evans officiating. Burial will be in the Turbeville Southern Methodist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Turner Green, Thomas Green, McCray Weeks, Mason Weeks, William Malone, and special friend Larry Causey.

The family will receive friends from 10-11 Friday at Turbeville Southern Methodist Church.

Memorials may be made to the Eastern Conference Camp Ministries of the Southern Methodist Church, 203 McClendon St., Lamar, SC 29069.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

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