SEYMOUR
Mary Ruden has an appreciation for a wide variety of art forms, but her focus is on maintaining the classic art styles that have been passed down for generations.
She is currently creating a bronze bust of Ann Davis, known as the Mother of the National Park for her involvement in the early days of the Great Smoky Mountains, and has her hands in various public art projects and historic monument restoration efforts.
âI was classically trained and I really want to see more classical art in the world because everything is contemporary and nowadays a lot of things are just digital,â Ruden said. âI really prefer the classical arts, building with the clay, doing likenesses and portraits of people. Thatâs kind of what my focus is, the famous and historic people of Tennessee.â
Mrs. Cope was born Feb. 8, 1931 at Jellico, Tennessee.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Ruby Effie Baker Fuson; brother, Joe Fuson and sister; Laura Fuson Martin.
Mrs. Cope was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-eight years, Rev. Dr. William Wayne Cope. Mrs. Cope is survived by their daughter, Karen Cope Dawsey, Whiteville, North Carolina; their granddaughter, Allison Dawsey Yezek, Charlotte, North Carolina; and great-grandchildren, Ava Carolyn Yezek and Mason James Yezek, Charlotte, North Carolina. She is also survived by sisters, Novella Fuson Phillips, Knoxville, Tennessee and Flo Fuson Martin, Bristol, Virginia and the extended Fuson and Cope families.
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