Jean Sweat

Funeral services for Mrs. Jean Copeland Sweat, age 73, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 11, 2016 at Ivey Baptist Church with interment to follow at Westview Cemetery. Rev. Donnie Baker and Rev. Louis Pearce will officiate. Mrs. Sweat was born March 17, 1943 in Adrian, GA; she was preceded in death by her father, Harvey Copeland, mother, Dorothy Copeland, sister, Betty Copeland Barwick, brother, Wilbert Copeland, and brother-in-law, Jerry Sumner. Mrs. Sweat was previously employed in a secretarial capacity at Shamrock, Shermont Homes, and Apparelcraft. But she worked tirelessly alongside her husband at Sweat's Portable Buildings, Inc., for the past 40 years, where she most recently served as vice-president. She was a devoted wife to her husband Wain for 51 years, loving mother to her sons Dwain (Lori) and Donnie (Katy), beloved grandmother of Nicholas, Caroline and Logan, and loving sister to Shirley Copeland Sumner of Dublin. She was a member of Ivey Baptist Church and served for many years as the treasurer for the Ivey Ladies Group and on the hostess committee. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in her memory to either the American Lung Association, National Direct Response Headquarters, 1200 Hosford Street, Suite 101, Hudson, WI 54016-9316 or dial 1-800-LUNGUS or online at www.lung.org or to Ivey Baptist Church c/o Lori Sweat, Treasurer, 3193 New Buckeye Rd, Wrightsville, GA 31096. Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory/Wrightsville Chapel has charge of funeral arrangements.