Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pope, Madeline M., 1949 

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MADELINE MAYOR POPE

   Madeline Mayor Pope, aged 16 years, died at five o’clock Thursday morning, 
April 21, at her home near Suffolk following a lingering illness.

   She is survived by her mother, Mrs. J.E. Pope of Suffolk; two brothers, 
Ralph Pope of Suffolk and Junius Pope of Capron; a half-brother, Amos Pope of 
Boykins; her grandmother, Mrs. Addie Pope of Courtland; and her grandfather, 
Richard Dunlow of Branchville.

   Funeral services were held at 3:30 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Capron 
Methodist Church, with Rev. R.E. Brittle of Suffolk officiating, assisted by 
Rev. R.A. Fritz of Suffolk, Rev. H.B. Jennings of Drewryville, and Revs. N.B. 
Habel and W.L. Sturtevant of Boykins.  Miss Irene Ashley sang "Beyond the 
Sunset," and Rev. W.L. Sturtevant sang "Sunrise Tomorrow."  Miss Lizzie Story 
was the organist.  The casket was covered with a pall of roses and carnations. 
Burial was in the Capron cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were H.H. Byrd, Sr., David Turner, H.C. Saunders, Edward 
Johnson, G.C. Duke and Ralph Mizelle.


Madeline Mayor POPE, daughter of Junius E. Sr. & Betty E. (DUNLOW) POPE, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 21 Apr 1949, at home, near Suffolk, age 16, 
interred in Capron Cemetery, 22 Apr 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 29, 1949, p. 19 

*Unmarked; added to Capron list (C-33), of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Additional information: 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 18, 1946, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p100j2ob.txt 

Her mother 3m. widower George W. Turner, of Isle of Wight Co. 

Her maternal grandfather also appears as Richmond Dunlow.  The 1900 Census 
   (Boykins Dist. {#56}, Southampton Co., sheet 12A) gives Richmond, but that 
   is transcribed "Richard" (FamilySearch.org). 


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

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