Dinah Joan Copeland Obituary
We are sad to announce that, on January 10, 2026, at the age of 74, Dinah Joan Copeland of Gulfport, Mississippi, born in Magee, Mississippi passed away. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Allie Bell McNair Jones and Albert McNair, Sr.; her grandparents, Les McNair, Estella McNair, Tyree Patterson and Luella Womack; her siblings, Terrial McNair, Gayther McNair, Francine McNair, Cynthia McNair and Brenda McNair; and her aunts and uncles, OgeousMcNair, John McNair, Lucious McNair, Gayther McNair, Elmarie Johnson, Beatrice McLaurin, Loretta McNair, Lesaree Roby, Thelma Patterson, Annie Johnson and Dora Scurry.
She is survived by: her husband Johnny Ray Crain; her children, James Smith III (Jena), Turshandah Cole (Terence) and Randolph E. Copeland III; her stepdaughter Racine Crain Sands; and her siblings, Albert McNair, Jr. of Seattle, WA, Ludrich "Fat Sam" McNair of Gulfport, MS, Gary McNair of Atlanta, GA, Mary Alice Ainsworth of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Pereedia Billingsley of Ocean Springs, MS, Montonia McNair of Gulfport, MS, Adrienne "Thunderbird" McNair of Gary, IN and Beverly Wilson of Houston, TX. She is also survived by five grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
