Fulton Daily Leader, Wednesday Afternoon, 28 March 1962 
Mrs. J. S. Pope, Former Resident, Dies In Florida 

   Mrs. Bertie Pope, wife of Joe S. Pope, and former Fulton resident, died at the 
home of her son, Cecil Whelen at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Jacksonville, Florida, after 
an extended illness. She was 87. She was born in Graves County, Kentucky, the 
daughter of the late William and Blanche Clanton Boone. She had lived in Fulton 
most of her life. She was a member of the Belmont Methodist Church in Nashville.
    Survivors include her husband, Joe Pope; a son Cecil Whelen; three brothers, 
Earl Boone of Fulton, Ernest and Cecil Boone of Nashville and two granddaughters. 
The body will arrive in Fulton at 11 a.m. Thursday and funeral services will be held 
at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Hornbeak Funeral Home. Rev. Ferris E. Moore, pastor 
of the Belmont Methodist Church, Nashville, assisted by Rev. W. T. Barnes pastor 
of the First Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery 
   Friends may call at the Hornbeak Funeral Home.