VALLEY — Bill Copeland, 91, of Valley died Saturday, September 1, 2018 after battling leukemia for the past two years.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Jim Copeland.

He leaves behind one son, William Eddie Copeland, of Hilton Head Island, S.C. and one grandson, William Hayden Copeland, of Nashville, Tenn.

Bill was a World War II and Korean War veteran who retired from the U.S. Army in 1967.  He retired from civil service in 1987 and moved to Lake Harding where he and Anne became very active with the Beulah Senior Center. He loved his friends and family and will be greatly missed by them.

Graveside services will be held at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery at a date to be announced

Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home of Valley is directing.