Copeland, Jessie Phipps

Owner Of Jessie’s Coiffures Was A Member Of St. Paul A.M.E. Church

  • Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Jessie Copeland
Jessie Copeland

Jessie Phipps Copeland, 94, of Chattanooga, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in a local health care facility.  

She was a graduate of Howard High School.  She graduated from Madam C.J. Walker Cosmetology School.  She was the owner of Jessie’s Coiffures.  Jessie was a member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Willie Copeland. 

Survivors include her son, Vaughn Pago (Ola) Phipps of Chattanooga; daughters, Emery (Gary) Cooper of Chattanooga and Seteria (Richard) Simpson of McDonough, GA; granddaughter, Latisha Simpson of McDonough; grandsons, Vaughn Phipps of McDonough, Vincent (Benita) Phipps and Darnell Cooper of Chattanooga; four great-grandchildren; niece, Doris Goggans of Jamaica Queens, NY; a host of other relatives and friends. 

The family will have a private service and entombment will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens, East. 

Arrangements are by Taylor Funeral Home of Chattanooga, Inc.

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