“Well done, good and faithful servant .... Enter the joy of the Master.” ~ Matthew 25:21
On Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, Almighty God saw fit to dispatch an angel from Heaven in a blink of an eye, to bring His precious jewel, Deaconess Marcell Denise Copeland Jones, 63, of Greenville, Fla., to live with Him throughout eternity.
Celebration of life services will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Dec. 21, in the sanctuary
of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, located at 154 SW Ray Charles Ave., in Greenville. Public viewing and visitation will be held from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 20, in the chapel of J.P. Moore Mortuary, located at 379 W Base St., in Madison, (850) 973-6677. Earthly bed of slumber: New Zion M.B. Church Cemetery, in Greenville.
The everlasting memories that bind Deaconess Marcell Denise Copeland Jones and other loved ones together as family are those shared by her daughters: Tamika Jones, Levecia Jones, LaKeitra Walker, Stephanie Walker and Alexis Walker; sons: Andreau Jones, Eddie Walker, Jr. and Omar Walker; nephew raised as a son, James Javon (Kim) Johnson; brothers: Garriett (Denise) Copeland, Courtney Copeland, Lloyd Copeland, Jr. and Gary T. (Anita) Williams; sisters, Valeria (James) Owens and Lori Copeland (Derrick) Ferguson; uncles and aunts: Elder Kenneth (Geraldine) Taylor, Anthony (Brenda) Taylor, Larry (Virginia) Copeland, Eula Copeland and Lucy Murray; special grandson, Jabryan Butler; sisters-in-love, Patricia Hall and Emily Dickey; brothers-in-love: Larcedious (Phyllis) Jones, Joseph (Virginia) Jones and Marcus (Paris) Jones; special friends: Bernice Cain, Barbara Dansey, Cynthia (Maurice) James and Teresa Ervine-Spring; 13 loving grandchildren; in addition to her New Zion Church family and the membership of Pallbearers Lodge #48.
Final care and compassionate services are being provided to the Copeland-Jones family, with love, care and uncompromising dignity, by J.P. MOORE MORTUARY & CREMATION SERVICES, Madison, Fla., (850) 973-6677; Jamarien "J.P." Moore, Mortician.