VICIE COPLEY, 88, of Dunlow, W.Va., went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 12, 2026, at the Emogene Dolin Hospice House. She was born September 9, 1938, at Harts Creek, W.Va., a daughter of the late Waymon Stevenson and Sarah Conley Stevenson Dingess. Also preceding her in death was her son Bobby Joe Copley; sisters and brothers-in-law Lula and Sherman Vance, Bell and Raymond Romans, Beatrice Vance Tomblin and Archie Vance, and Rose Ann and Calvin Vance; sisters-in-law Linda Stevenson and Audra Stevenson; and brothers Lucian, Appy and Ray Stevenson.

Vicie was a Christian and attended Moses Fork Baptist Church. She was a member of Crum Chapter Order of Eastern Star and a retired cook from Wayne County Board of Education.

Survivors include two sons Claude Copley and wife Ozalene of Dunlow, and Ronnie Lee Copley of Kermit, W.Va.; nine grandchildren Joey Copley, Stacy Masters, Amanda Pratt, Jessica Newsome, Ashley Copley, Ronnie Copley, Nick Copley, Charley Copley, and Dewey Copley; and 11 great grandchildren.

Also surviving are four brothers Willie Stevenson and wife Daisy of Greenup, Ky., Roger Stevenson of Taylor, Mich., Sid Stevenson of Chapmanville W.Va., and Freeman Adams and wife Jesse, also of Taylor, Mich.; as well as many nieces, nephews and friends.

Funeral Services will be conducted at noon on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at the Mud Fork Freewill Baptist Church, Verdunville, W.Va., with Pastor Robert Vance officiating. Burial will follow in the Canterbury Family Cemetery, Dingess, W.Va. Visitation will be held from 6 - 9 p.m. Friday at the church. Arrangements entrusted to Johnson-Tiller Funeral Home.