- Date Of Birth: April 3, 1929
- Date Of Death: May 6, 2019
- State: Georgia
Hazel Catherine Gentry Copelan
Hazel Catherine Gentry Copelan of Gainesville, GA formerly of Martinez and Greensboro, GA, died Monday, May 6, 2019 at the age of 90 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. Born in White Plains, GA on April 3, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Robert Herschel Gentry and Reba Turner Gentry. Hazel graduated from Greensboro High School in 1946. She won the National 4-H Champion in Farm Safety in 1946 at the age of 17. She served as the president, vice president and secretary of the White Plains 4-H chapter.
On May 17, 1953, Hazel married Norris Copelan in Gainesville, GA, a marriage that would last 63 years. She worked as an executive secretary for the E. I. Dupont Savannah River Plant and the Social Security Administration.
She was a licensed amateur radio operator (KA4IOU), a life member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association and member of the Navy-Marine Corps Military Radio Affiliate Program (NNNOZLJ) where she held various regional and state responsibilities.
In October 2016 she and Norris moved to The Phoenix at Lake Lanier assisted living in Gainesville GA.
