Mary Virginia Pennell Copeland Brown was born March 31, 1921 at Sherman, Texas to Charlie Pennell and Bertie Franklin Pennell. She was married to Eugene Paul Copeland who preceded her in death. Several years later she married Clyde A. Brown who also preceded her in death. She died Friday, August 28, 2009 at the age of 88 at her residence in Whitewright, Texas. She is survived by three daughters, Paula Mulder and late husband Val of Sherman; Clydene Moore and husband Thomas of Frisco; and Becky Burcham and husband Dean of Waskom; two sons, Charles W. Copeland and wife Sandra Kay of Whitewright; and Jerry M. Copeland and wife Debby of Deadwood; loving aunt, Lucy Williams of Tom Bean; 21 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and great-great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands and one sister. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM, Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Chapel, Whitewright, Texas. Officiating the service will be Rev. Dr. Bob McCartney and Rev. Houston Garner. Burial will follow at Holloway Cemetery in Grayson County, Texas. Pallbearers will be James Moore, Ben Moore, Mike Copeland, Charlie Keith Copeland, Chip Mulder, and J. D. Woods. Family and friends are invited to the funeral home at their convenience on Monday to pay their respects and to sign the register book. The family will receive friends during a visitation on Monday, August 31, 2009 from 6-8pm at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home in Whitewright, Texas.