Grover

Copley

GROVER COPLEY, 73, Fort Gay, W.Va., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. He was a retired owner of Copley Contracting and Paddle Creek Farm and a member of the Cattlemen's Association. He was a devoted Christian and member of Peters Chapel Church and loved his family and community dearly. An avid cattle farmer, Grover also enjoyed hunting and fishing.

He was born December 23, 1952, to the late Birdie and Dorothy Copley. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Maggie Endicott and Gracie Parsley-Collins; uncle Huff Williamson; nephews Robbie Spears, and John-John Hundley; brother-in-law David Lee Eslick; and niece Jennifer Eslick.

He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Sara Copley; daughter Tracy Dawn Copley; son Grover Shawn Copley; granddaughter Shelby (Travis) Pack; great-granddaughter Hadley Rose, all of Fort Gay; adopted daughter Denise Salmons; a sister Patty Spears; nephew Jennings Copley; two very special nephews, Lacy Spears and Birdie Dale Collins, special friends James Wells, Grant Maynard and Keith Maynard, and a host of additional family and friends who were dear to his heart.

Funeral services will be conducted at noon on Sunday, November 15, 2026, at Johnson Tiller Funeral Home with Pastors Darin Fetherolf and Josh Walker officiating. Burial will follow in the Birdie Copley Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Saturday.