Remembering Jean Gore Copeland

On Wednesday, March 22, Mrs. Jean Gore Copeland, 86, passed away peacefully at her home in Purcellville, Virginia.

Jean was born in Pomfret, Maryland, to Harold Mason Gore and Lucy Emma Gore in 1936. She attended Lincoln High School, the first high school to be built in Loudoun County. On Nov. 11, 1960, she married Nathan Francis Copeland, who would be her loving husband for the next 44 years.

Some of Jean’s best moments were spent in the outdoors camping with her late husband and only son Nathan Lee. She also loved softball and played on a local team. Jean was a beloved employee of Browning Equipment in Purcellville for 67 years, and in that time, she worked as the company treasurer alongside best friend Janet Biser.

Jean worked at Browning Equipment until the day she passed, showing up an hour early for work, working through lunch, and climbing the stairs three levels to her office, which she joked kept her in such good shape. In her later years, Jean loved spending time with family, shopping (she had a weakness for flea markets) and going on cruises.

Jean delighted in her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. She is survived by her son Nathan Lee Copeland; granddaughters Deborah Jean Burgess and Kimberly Ann Harrell; and five great grandchildren, Dane Lee and Josey Ryan Burgess, and Bailey, Karri, and Evelyn Harrell.

Jean is preceded in death by her husband Nathan Francis Copeland; brothers Charlie Gore, Clyde Coburn, Ishmal Coburn, and Oliver Coburn; sisters Emma Coburn and Danese Coburn – and granddaughter Heather Copeland. 

A public viewing will be held Wednesday, March 29, from 10am to 11am at Halls Funeral Home in Purcellville, Virginia, immediately followed by a public funeral and burial at Hillsboro Cemetery.