On Monday, February 23, 1998 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-6, Jim W. Tackitt, Pres./Editor wrote:

Max Coppage, R.I.P.

Max Coppage, well-known Coppage, Burton & Stephens/Stephenson chronicler dies.

Arthur Maxim "Max" Coppage, age 82, died Sunday 22 Feb 1998 in Walnut
Creek, CA after a brief illness. He was born 8 Jun 1915 at Hale,
Missouri, the son of the late Arthur Melvin Coppage & Pearl Gladys
Stephens of Hale, MO.
His wife, Nora O'Dell Ormsbee, died in July of 1997. Max is survived by Christopher Moore Coppage, a contractor living in Missouri, a son
from his first marriage, and a son from his 2nd marriage, Keith Peyton Coppage, of Concord, CA, a high school teacher with The Mt. Diablo
Unified School District.
He was a WW II veteran and served overseas in the pacific theatre receiving six Bronze Stars and a Silver Star plus numerous campaign
ribbons. With a contingent of military intelligence operators, he was
one of the first Americans to visit the Trobriand Islands and later
compiled a dictionary of local dialects.
Max grad. from the Univ. of Missouri and in 1955 he and his wife came to California as teachers. Max retired from the Mt. Diablo Unified
School District in Concord, CA.
A well-known genealogist, with over 60 years experience, Max specialized in early families of The Northern Neck of Virginia, Kentucky
and Missouri.
Prior to coming to California he had started work on the history & genealogy of the Coppage/Coppedge family of early Virginia origins.
This resulted in the eventual publication of this family's history,
"Coppage, Coppedge Chronicle, 1542-1975." priv. pub. by John Eascott
Manahan and Arthur Maxim Coppage. He also served as President of the national Coppage Family Assn.
Max was a descendant of early Stafford Co., VA grantee, John Coppedge, Sr., c1682-1727.
His numerous other books have included "Virginia Settlers in Missouri," (1967), "Missouri Cousins," (1969), and "Stafford Co., VA, 1800-1850," co-compiler with Jim W. Tackitt (1980).
Max was a former assistant archivist of The National Archives; a charter member of the Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society and
of The Contra Costa Co. (CA) Genealogical Society, and 1977 & 1978
President & Editor for that group. He later was the founder of The Mt. Diablo Genealogical Society. His other memberships over the years are
too numerous to mention here.
For several years he was genealogical editor for both "The Virginia Gazette" at Williamsburg and "The (Scottish) Highlander." For many
years he has also published bulletins on the Burton and the Stevens/Stephen/Stevenson/Stephenson families as well as the newsletter, "Virginia Settlers."
Max was also a much sought-after speaker at genealogical workshops.

The disposition of Max's extensive genealogical collection has yet to be determined.
For follow-up, please contact his long-time friend and associate, Jim W. Tackitt, 1830 Johnson Dr., Concord, CA 94520; email:
jtackitt@jps.net.

Max Coppage grew up at Hale, Missouri, however he was born at Fort Madison, Iowa, where his father was employed by a railroad.

Respectfully (your friend) Jerry Stephens

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