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F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, the eastern Alabama mayor who died by suicide after photos of him dressed in women’s clothing were made public, will be buried Thursday. The interment will follow
A mayor who was an upstanding member of his community and church preacher took his own life after being cruelly outed as having a transgender alter-ego that allegedly wrote violent fantasy fiction
F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, 62, who was the mayor of tiny Smiths Station as well as the pastor at First Baptist Church in nearby Phenix City, shot himself dead in front of police officers on Friday just 48 hours after 1819 News published its first story, which featured photos of Copeland’s “alter ego” Brittini Blaire Summerlin.
Smiths Station Mayor F.L. Bubba Copeland, 49, died by suicide on Friday after details of his alter ego Brittini Blaire Summerlin were shared online by a news outlet.