Carter Copeland, the son of late mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama, and pastor of the First Baptist Church of Phenix City, F.L. "Bubba" Copeland, who fatally shot himself after his secret online alter ego known as the "transgender curvy girl” was outed, remembered his father as a hero who made him strong at a memorial service held in his honor Thursday.
F.L. "Bubba" Copeland, the late mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama, and pastor of the First Baptist Church of Phenix City, faced some “dark days” before fatally shooting himself in the wake of withering backlash over his secret online alter ego known as the "transgender curvy girl” outed by a local publication, friends say.