Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pope, William R., 1960 

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WILLIAM ROBERT POPE

   CAPRON - William Robert Pope, 51, died Monday morning in his home.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Julie Joyner Pope and son of Benjamin Littleton 
Pope and the late Mrs. Virginia Bryant Pope of Southampton County.  Mr. Pope 
was a lifelong resident of Capron and a member of Capron Baptist Church.

   Surviving besides his wife and father are one son, Robert Wayne Pope of 
Capron, four brothers, Ashby Pope and Benjamin Pope of Capron, Thomas Pope of 
Richmond and Joseph Pope of Portsmouth; four sisters, Mrs. Bessie Thompson, 
Mrs. Richard Banty and Mrs. Joseph T. Griffin, all of Capron, and Mrs. Frank 
Whitehurst of Portsmouth.

   A funeral service was conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of W.J.M. 
Holland & Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Dalphon J. Thompson of Capron Baptist 
Church.  Burial was in Capron Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Claude John son, Elmo Fowler, D.P. Little, Vernie Francis, 
L.N. Williams, Leroy Mitchel, Montz Francis and Clifton Williams.


William Robert POPE, lifelong resident of Capron, 
d. 5 Dec 1960, at home, age 51, 
interred in Capron Cemetery*, 7 Dec 1960, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 8, 1960, Sect. 2, p. 4 

*His father is also buried there, with his second wife. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Capron list (C-33 & -32):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 2, 1962, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p100l4ob.txt 

His mother 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 


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

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