Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pope, Emma E. Godwin, 1950 

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Mrs. Emma Pope Buried in County 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Godwin Pope, who died Saturday night at the 
Maryview Hospital, Portsmouth, are to be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at 
the Oakland Christian Church. 

  The officiating ministers are to be Dr. H.S. Hardcastle, Dr. N.G. Newman, 
Sr., and Dr. I.W. Johnson. 

  The body is to lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 o'clock.  Burial is 
to follow in the church cemetery. 


Emma Elizabeth (GODWIN; Mrs. Emmett Octavius) POPE, 
b. 15 Dec 1858*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 18 Mar 1950, Portsmouth, 
interred in Newman Memorial Cemetery*, Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck, 
   20 Mar 1950, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 26, No. 295, Mon., Mar. 20, 1950, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Photos of her monument & footstone - added by SweetGoldfish - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #154804565. 

Birthdate from Isle of Wight Co. B.Reg. 1858 p. 35, #20). 

D.Cert. 5259 (Portsmouth #157) gives b. 2 Nov 1858, daughter of Mills E. & 
   Catherine (PRUDEN) GODWIN. 

Her husband (1854 - 1907) left will Aug 1906, proved 20 Jun 1907. 
   (Nansemond Co. WB6:565) 

Her father (1823 - 1903) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. E, 9th VA Infantry.  He 1m. Mary L. PRUDEN 19 Dec 1846 in Isle of 
   Wight Co.  H. 2m. Caroline M. WYATT 13 May 1869 in Nansemond Co.  (#31) 
   He is buried in a GODWIN family cemetery in Orbit. 
   (Find a Grave Cemetery ID #2742343; no IWCHS GSSTF report) 


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