Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pope, Amos P., 1965 

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AMOS PERSON POPE

Amos Person Pope, 74, a retired farmer and postal employee, died Monday. 
Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday Drewryville Methodist Church, burial Drewryville 
Cemetery.

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AMOS PERSON POPE

   DREWRYVILLE - Amos Person Pope, 74, son of Robert A. and Delia Thomas Pope 
died on January 18, at Duke Hospital.

   He was a retired rural mail carrier, having served nearly a half century in 
that capacity.  In recent years he served one term as president of the state 
organization of rural carriers.

   He was a native of Drewryville, a life-long and devoted member of the 
Methodist Church at Peete’s Church, one of the oldest churches in the county, 
and later at Drewryville Methodist when the two churches merged.  He was a 
member of the Board of Stewards and of the choir for many years.  He was a 
member of the Masonic Lodge No. 85 AF and AM in Courtland.

   He attended V.P.I from 1908 to 1909 and was a member of the Drewryville 
Ruritan Club.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Wilroy Pope; two daughters, Miss 
Kitty Pope of Drewryville and Mrs. Vernon Tillar of Emporia; two 
granddaughters, Terry and Kay Tillar; three sisters, Mrs. L.A. Magette of 
Courtland, Mrs. Gene Brandon of Sarasota, Fla., and Mrs. E.M. McCall of 
Blytheville, Ark., two brothers, Dr. T.B. Pope of Petersburg and Beekman Pope 
of Charleston Heights, S.C.

   Funeral services were conducted at the church by the Rev. J.S. Peebles, a 
former pastor, assisted by the Rev. Sparks of Main Street Baptist Church in 
Emporia.  Masonic rites were conducted.

   Active pallbearers were Robert Pope, Kindred Magette, Thornton Thomas, R.D. 
Claud, Berkley Grizzard, Allen Harris, Jasper Wilroy and Owen Johnson.

   Honorary pallbearers were member of the Men’s Bible Class.


Amos Person POPE, retired farmer & rural mail carrier, 
Drewryville native, d. 18 Jan 1965, Durham, NC, age 74, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch" Jan. 20, 1965), p. 4; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 4, 1965, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-22): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

His widow's death notice ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Apr. 5, 1966, p. 18) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p100g2ob.txt 

His father's obit (Tidewater News" Feb. 15, 1935, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p100r1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Jun. 11, 1941, p. 22) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p100d1ob.txt 


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