SAMUEL N. COPLEY
1877-1955
Services Held Sunday For Retired Merchant, Prominent Citizen
Sam N. Copley, 78, well known citizen of this city, died at his home
Friday, October 14, 1955, following an illness of five months.
Born in Martin County July 27, 1877, he was the son of the late Allan and
Mary Newberry Copley.
Moving to Paintsville around 1910, he became associated in the mercantile
business with the late John Preston and Dan Ward, operating for a number
of years a popular business known as Copley, Ward and Preston. The three
retired as merchants in 1933.
Mr. Copley worked for several years as a bookkeeper at Wright Field,
Dayton, Ohio and later was employed as clerk at both the Howard Hotel and
the Hotel Herald of this city.
His genial disposition and quite mannerisms gained for him a host of
friends.
He was married December 25, 19?7, to the former Miss Marcia Preston, who
survives.
He is also survived by three sons, James T. Copley, City, Clarence
Copley, Auxier and Robert Copley of Bakersfield, California; one brother,
A. B. Copley, Inez and one sister, Mrs. Nora Kirk, Charleston, W. Va.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at the First Methodist Church with
the Reverend W. F. Pettus officiating.
Burial was made in the Preston cemetery under the direction of the Jones
and Preston Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
10-19-1955
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