(born December 30, 1940), is the former mayor of Vidalia, the seat of government of Concordia Parish in eastern Louisiana, opposite the Mississippi River from Natchez, Mississippi.
First elected in 1992, Copeland was unseated in the primary election held on March 5, 2016, by his fellow Democrat, businessman Edwy Gene "Buz" Craft (born November 24, 1959), 1,025 votes (53.7 percent) to 885 (46.3 percent).