Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pope, Adelaide A., 1940 

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ADELAIDE ANTOINETTE POPE

   Miss Adelaide Antoinette Pope, aged 85, died May 28 at the home of her 
sister, Mrs. B.F. Bryant, near Newsoms.

   She was the daughter of the late Elisha and Martha Jane Pope of this county. 
Besides her sister, Mrs. Bryant, she is survived by four nieces, Mrs. W.H. 
Baugham and Mrs. T.W. Story of Capron, Mrs. Lelia B. Knight of Courtland and 
Miss Eunice Bryant of Newsoms; two nephews, Herbert Bryant of Suffolk, Howard 
Bryant of Courtland.

   Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, May 30, at the home of Mrs. 
Bryant, conducted by the Rev. C.V. Morris of Capron and Rev. W.W. Beasley of 
Courtland.  Her favorite hymn, "Rock of Ages," was used during the services. 
Mrs. R.A. Ballard and Miss Gladys Nurney sang "The Old Rugged Cross."  The 
casket was covered with a pall of red rose buds and there were many other 
beautiful floral tributes. Burial was in the family cemetery near Newsoms. 
Active pallbearers were Felton Bryant, Olie Baugham, Will Story, Robert 
Baugham, Ashby Pope and Bob Pope.


Adelaide Antoinette POPE, 
d. 28 May 1940, at sister's home, near Newsoms, age 85, 
interred in the POPE family cemetery*, near Newsoms, 30 May 1940, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 7, 1940 

*located on the Franklin & Eunice BRYANT farm, about 2 miles north of Newsoms, 
 on Grays Shop Rd. (Rt. 673).
 Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (VII-14): 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

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