Rhetta Kay Copeland, age 61 of Cobden, died Saturday, September 8, 2018 at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born September 12, 1956 in Anna the daughter of Herchel Wilmer and Ogla Evalee (Andrews) Chapman. She married Larry Copeland. Rhetta is survived by her sons, Samuel Yates of Vienna and Justin Cunningham of Buncombe; four sisters, Martha (Leroy) Lemmons of Cape Girardeau, MO, Norma (Bill) Burke of Scott City, MO, Nancy (Allen) Austin of Buncombe, Emma Lou (Odie) Hutchinson of Metropolis; two brothers, Herchel Chapman of Port Richey, FL and William Chapman of Wolf Lake; two grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Herman, Charles, Charles Eugene and Donnie Chapman; one sister, Irma Chapman. It was Rhetta's wished to be cremated. There will be no services held.