Johnnie "Earlene" Coplan

April 8, 1927 - December 15, 2020

Johnnie “Earlene” Coplan was born April 8, 1927 to Eufa Farrel Owens Wisley and Thomas Franklin Wisley in Golden City, Arkansas. She attended school in Booneville, Arkansas, graduating at 16, and entered the Army Nurse Corps training. While still in nurse training, she met and married James “Evertt” Coplan on July 27, 1946. After living in a number of places following Evertt’s employment, they moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1960. They remained in Muskogee for the rest of their lives. Earlene had professed her faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized at the age of 9. Upon moving to Muskogee, she and Evertt joined Eastern Heights Baptist Church where they remained active until their health declined. She worked for Dr. Mike Fite at the Muskogee Women’s Clinic for 36 years where she helped with the pregnancies and births of several generations. She was loved by many and will be greatly missed. Earlene is survived by her daughter, Janice Little of Muskogee; son, Ron Coplan and wife Phyllis of Oktaha; grandchildren, Leigh Ann Little Hardy and husband Phillip of McKinney, TX, Andrew Little and wife Lindsay of Broken Arrow, Emma Coplan Speaks and husband TO of Waterville, OH, and Will Coplan of Oktaha; great-grandchildren, Kennedi Little, Drew Little, Reagan Hardy, Riley Hardy, and Calli Speaks; sister-in-law, Freda Wisley of Lavaca, AR; nieces, Tommy Wisley Hall of Lavaca, AR, and Jackie Buckner of Ft. Smith, AR. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Evertt Coplan; parents, Thomas and Eufa Wisley; brother, Carl Wisley; and son-in-law, Howard Little. Services celebrating Earlene’s life will be 10AM, Monday, December 21, 2020 at Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Donnie Echols officiating. Following her service, she will be laid to rest next to her husband at Oak Hill Cemetery in Booneville, Arkansas. The family would like to give a special “Thank you” for the care given to Earlene by the staff at Hometown Hospice and Eastgate Retirement Center.