Gospel preacher and educator. W. B. West, Jr. wrote a two page tribute to brother Copeland in the Gospel Advocate, April 4, 1963, 218-19.
". . . make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord." (Col. 4: 7.) The subject of this sketch, H. I. Copeland, was born July 3, 1890, near Dyersburg, Tenn. He is the son of George W. and Mary Hastings Copeland. He was baptized into Christ in August, 1907, by N. B. Hardeman. The following year he entered Freed-Hardeman College, and preached his first sermon in April, 1909. He has been a faithful gospel preacher since that time. Brother Copeland attended the Nashville Bible School and Thorp Spring Christian College from 1912 to 1914. He entered David Lipscomb College in 1915, and was graduated from it under the presidency of H. Leo Boles in 1917. Brother Copeland has combined teaching and preaching; he has been successful in both fields. Brother Copeland served the church at Haleyville, Ala., one year, and then began work with the church at Ripley, Tenn. He lived there for nineteen years and taught in the public schools of Ripley and Lauderdale County, Tenn. During this time he continued to study, and received a B.S. degree from Memphis State College in 1928. In 1933 he received his M.A. degree from Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn. In 1936 he moved to Mississippi, and has continued teaching in that state to the present time. During the last three years he has taught history and psychology in the Northwest Mississippi Junior College, Senatobia, Miss. Brother Copeland has studied the Bible under the guidance of N. B. Hardeman, A. G. Freed, H. Leo Boles, E. A. Elam, and David Lipscomb." --- H. Leo Boles, Gospel Advocate, March 19, 1942, 276.
". . . make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord." (Col. 4: 7.) The subject of this sketch, H. I. Copeland, was born July 3, 1890, near Dyersburg, Tenn. He is the son of George W. and Mary Hastings Copeland. He was baptized into Christ in August, 1907, by N. B. Hardeman. The following year he entered Freed-Hardeman College, and preached his first sermon in April, 1909. He has been a faithful gospel preacher since that time. Brother Copeland attended the Nashville Bible School and Thorp Spring Christian College from 1912 to 1914. He entered David Lipscomb College in 1915, and was graduated from it under the presidency of H. Leo Boles in 1917. Brother Copeland has combined teaching and preaching; he has been successful in both fields. Brother Copeland served the church at Haleyville, Ala., one year, and then began work with the church at Ripley, Tenn. He lived there for nineteen years and taught in the public schools of Ripley and Lauderdale County, Tenn. During this time he continued to study, and received a B.S. degree from Memphis State College in 1928. In 1933 he received his M.A. degree from Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn. In 1936 he moved to Mississippi, and has continued teaching in that state to the present time. During the last three years he has taught history and psychology in the Northwest Mississippi Junior College, Senatobia, Miss. Brother Copeland has studied the Bible under the guidance of N. B. Hardeman, A. G. Freed, H. Leo Boles, E. A. Elam, and David Lipscomb." --- H. Leo Boles, Gospel Advocate, March 19, 1942, 276.
Gospel preacher and educator. W. B. West, Jr. wrote a two page tribute to brother Copeland in the Gospel Advocate, April 4, 1963, 218-19.
". . . make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord." (Col. 4: 7.) The subject of this sketch, H. I. Copeland, was born July 3, 1890, near Dyersburg, Tenn. He is the son of George W. and Mary Hastings Copeland. He was baptized into Christ in August, 1907, by N. B. Hardeman. The following year he entered Freed-Hardeman College, and preached his first sermon in April, 1909. He has been a faithful gospel preacher since that time. Brother Copeland attended the Nashville Bible School and Thorp Spring Christian College from 1912 to 1914. He entered David Lipscomb College in 1915, and was graduated from it under the presidency of H. Leo Boles in 1917. Brother Copeland has combined teaching and preaching; he has been successful in both fields. Brother Copeland served the church at Haleyville, Ala., one year, and then began work with the church at Ripley, Tenn. He lived there for nineteen years and taught in the public schools of Ripley and Lauderdale County, Tenn. During this time he continued to study, and received a B.S. degree from Memphis State College in 1928. In 1933 he received his M.A. degree from Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn. In 1936 he moved to Mississippi, and has continued teaching in that state to the present time. During the last three years he has taught history and psychology in the Northwest Mississippi Junior College, Senatobia, Miss. Brother Copeland has studied the Bible under the guidance of N. B. Hardeman, A. G. Freed, H. Leo Boles, E. A. Elam, and David Lipscomb." --- H. Leo Boles, Gospel Advocate, March 19, 1942, 276.
". . . make known unto you, the beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord." (Col. 4: 7.) The subject of this sketch, H. I. Copeland, was born July 3, 1890, near Dyersburg, Tenn. He is the son of George W. and Mary Hastings Copeland. He was baptized into Christ in August, 1907, by N. B. Hardeman. The following year he entered Freed-Hardeman College, and preached his first sermon in April, 1909. He has been a faithful gospel preacher since that time. Brother Copeland attended the Nashville Bible School and Thorp Spring Christian College from 1912 to 1914. He entered David Lipscomb College in 1915, and was graduated from it under the presidency of H. Leo Boles in 1917. Brother Copeland has combined teaching and preaching; he has been successful in both fields. Brother Copeland served the church at Haleyville, Ala., one year, and then began work with the church at Ripley, Tenn. He lived there for nineteen years and taught in the public schools of Ripley and Lauderdale County, Tenn. During this time he continued to study, and received a B.S. degree from Memphis State College in 1928. In 1933 he received his M.A. degree from Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn. In 1936 he moved to Mississippi, and has continued teaching in that state to the present time. During the last three years he has taught history and psychology in the Northwest Mississippi Junior College, Senatobia, Miss. Brother Copeland has studied the Bible under the guidance of N. B. Hardeman, A. G. Freed, H. Leo Boles, E. A. Elam, and David Lipscomb." --- H. Leo Boles, Gospel Advocate, March 19, 1942, 276.
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