Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pope, B. Littleton, 1962 

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BENJAMIN LITTLETON POPE

   CAPRON - Benjamin Littleton Pope, 86, died Thursday in a Suffolk hospital 
after a short illness.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Emma Daniels Pope and a son of Littleton and 
Mrs. Liza Story Pope.

   Mr. Pope was a farmer and a lifelong resident of Southampton County.  He 
was a member of the Capron Methodist Church and the Woodmen of the World.

   In addition to his widow, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. C.L. 
Thompson, Mrs. R.L. Banty and Mrs. J.T. Griffin of Capron, and Mrs. Frank P. 
Whitehurst of Portsmouth; and four sons, P.A. Pope and B.H. Pope of Capron, 
T.E. Pope of Richmond, and J.N. Pope of Portsmouth.

   Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. in the H.M. Purviance 
Funeral Home, Boykins, by Rev. J.S. Peebles, pastor of the Capron Methodist 
Church.  Burial was in Capron Cemetery.


Benjamin Littleton POPE, farmer, 
lifelong resident of Southampton Co.*, d. 29 Mar 1962, Suffolk, age 86, 
interred in Capron Cemetery**, 31 Mar 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 2, 1962, p. 3 

**Buried with his widow (second wife). 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-32): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Her obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," May 13, 1963, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p100e3ob.txt 

His first wife is buried with her parents in a POPE family cemetery, 
   Grays Shop Rd., near Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (VII-14): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

Her obit ("Tidewater News," May 5, 1933) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p100v1ob.txt 

*Their marriage record conflicts with assertion that he was "a lifelong 
    resident of Southampton County": 

B.L. Pope, 23, res. Northampton Co. [NC; {carried down by ""}] 
Virginia Bryant, 21, res. Northampton Co. [NC; {carried down by "}] 
m.lic. 10 Aug 1898 
m. 10 Aug 1898, Jackson, NC, by Claude C. {sic} Gower, M.G.  
wits: W.H. Buffaloe, B.S. Gay & F?R. Harris 
(Northampton Co., NC, M.Reg. 1851-1995)  

However, their marriage license does not agree with the register: 

B.L. Pope, 23, of Newsoms, Va., 
   sn/o Littleton Pope & Eliza Pope, both dead, of Newsoms, Va. 
Virginia Bryant, 21, of Newsoms, Va., res. Northampton Co. [NC] 
   dt/o Benj. Bryant & M.F. ["M.E." altered] Bryant, both living, 
   of Newsoms, Va. 
m.lic. 10 Aug 1898, by registar H.R. Deloatch 
applied for by James Scull, who swore as to no impediments 
signed by B.L. Pope (+ his mark) & Virginia Bryant (x his {sic; her} mark) 
wits: Russell Buxton & W.H. Buffaloe 
m. 10 Aug 1898, Jackson, NC, by Claude E. Gower, Baptist Minister 
wits: W.H. Buffaloe, B.S. Gay & F.B? Harris, all of Jackson, NC  
(Northampton Co., NC, M.Licenses 1865-1961)  


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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