Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pope, Robert A., 1935 

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ROBERT AMOS POPE 

R.A. POPE, PROMINENT DREWRYVILLE CITIZEN AND POSTMASTER DIES 

   R.A. Pope of Drewryville, familiarly known to many friends throughout the 
county and section as "Bob" Pope, died Thursday morning, February 14, at his 
home in Drewryville after a protracted illness which had confirmed him to his 
home since last March.  Mr. Pope was one of our county's best and most useful 
citizens, who numbered an unusually wide circle of friends and has spent an 
eminently worth-while life as an exemplary character in his home village and 
community; a man of sterling integrity in his dealings with his fellows, and 
true to every precept of Christian citizenship.

   Robert Amos Pope was born January 1, 1864, the son of the late Amos S. Pope 
and Mrs. Catherine Bryant Pope of Southampton County.  For 35 years he had 
been a merchant in Drewryville and postmaster there since 1916.  He was a 
consistent communicant of the M.E. Church, holding membership for many years 
with Old Peete's Church where he served acceptably as steward, secretary, 
Sunday school teacher and superintendent of its Sunday school.  Later when 
that church was moved to Drewryville, he rendered the same high type of loyal 
service as steward, Sunday school superintendent and in other capacities.

   It may be said of him that one of the chief pleasures of his life was in 
Masonry.  A Past Master of Courtland Lodge No. 85, A.F.& A.M., he was also 
District Deputy Grand Master for several terms, seldom if ever missing any 
Masonic communication or special occasion in his county, district or State. 
Traveling both the York and Scottish Rite ways, he became a Shriner and was an 
active member of Acca Temple in Richmond.  He was a familiar figure at all 
Masonic convocations and was said to be better versed in the work of the order 
than any citizen of this issue is shown in the uniform of a Knight Templar.

   On December 27, 1888, he married Miss Delia Rebecca Thomas of Drewryville 
who survives him with three sons and three daughters; Amos P. Pope and W. 
Beekman Pope of Drewryville, Dr. Thomas B. Pope and Miss Ella Pope of 
Richmond, Mrs. Eff Muse McCall of Blytheville, Arkansas, and Miss Virginia 
Louise Pope of Courtland; by three grandchildren; a brother, W.R. Pope of 
Philadelphia, and a half-brother, Dr. B.A. Pope of Newsoms.

   Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at 3 o'clock 
from the Drewryville M.E. Church conducted by his Pastor, Rev. R.H. Marks, 
assisted by Rev. J. Sidney Cobb of Windsor, Va., and burial will be made in 
the Drewryville Cemetery with Masonic rites at the grave in charge of 
Courtland Lodge No. 85.  Active pallbearers will be: H.T. Grizzard, Jesse Lee, 
S.P. Johnson, J.G. Claud, Peter Thomas, F.E. Pope and Dr. J.A. Grizzard of 
Drewryville, and John Leigh of Portsmouth.


Robert Amos "Bob" POPE, merchant & postmaster, 
b. 1 Jan 1864, Southampton Co., d. 14 Feb 1935, at home, Drewryville, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
   16 Feb 1935, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 15, 1935, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-21): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

His widow'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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