Virginia Copeland Spooner Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

After a brief illness, Virginia Copeland Spooner passed away peacefully with her children by her side on July 16th, 2022. She was 88 years old. Friends knew her as Ginger, but to her children she will always be our Mama. Ginger was born in Suffern, New York on May 22nd, 1934. Ginger’s family relocated to Surfside, Florida in the early 40s, but she was a longtime resident of Tallahassee, Florida after moving here in the early 50s to attend Florida State College for Women. Ginger worked at various places, but she really flourished during her retirement years spending time with her family, friends, and her Chapel Hill Baptist Church family. Of course, there were the church activities and outings with her “lunch bunch” and “Juliette” friends, but she also enjoyed researching family geology, reading, listening to music, watching old movies, was an avid FSU fan, had several pen pals (some still getting handwritten letters), and was a perfectionist in the kitchen (we have a lot of great memories sitting around the dinner table). But most important, she had this way of making her children feel special and loved. Her beautiful smile and infectious laughter will be greatly missed. She is preceded in death by her husband Stirlin Spooner. She is survived by her children Royal Brown and Jennifer Brown; sister Ruth Bailey; as well as her extended family and friends. Services will be held at Bevis Funeral Home of Tallahassee. Visitation will be on Wednesday July 20, 2022, from 6:00-8:00 P.M. The Funeral service will be Thursday July 21, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. Graveside service will follow immediately after the funeral at Tallahassee Memory Gardens. Her family asks that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the American Cancer Society. Ginger was a breast cancer survivor since 2008. This quote was found while writing Mama’s obituary and it seems appropriate. “You never said I’m leaving, you never said goodbye. You were gone before we knew it, and only God knew why. A million times we needed you, a million times we cried. If love alone could have saved you, you never would have died. In life we loved you dearly, in death we love you still. In our hearts you hold a place that no one could ever fill. It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn’t go alone. For part of us went with you, the day God took you home.” Author Unknown. Jared Padgett of Bevis Funeral Home is assisting the family with their arrangements. (850-385-2193 or www.bevisfh.com).

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Virginia Copeland Spooner

May 22, 1934 - July 16, 2022