Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pope, Willie G., 1966 

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WILLIE GROVER POPE

   NEWSOMS - A funeral service for Willie Grover Pope was conducted Thursday 
at 3:30 p.m. in McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, by the Rev. Robert E. Abbott 
and the Rev. C. Allen Lawrence.  Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were L.L. Thorpe, Dave Tom Drake, Russell Ferguson, J.C. Bunn 
Jr., Lloyd Taylor, George Baugham, Ralph L. Porter and R.N. Darden.

   Pope, 83, died Tuesday night in his home.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Henry and Mrs. Addie 
Stephens* Pope and the husband of Mrs. Jessie Cutchins Pope.

   He was a member of Newsoms Methodist Church.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Virginia King of 
Handsom, Mrs. Elizabeth Hancock and Mrs. Barbara Burgess of Courtland, Mrs. 
Gwendolyn Edwards of Boykins, and Mrs. Gertrude Harrell of Rich Square, N.C.; 
four sons, Harvey Pope of Courtland, Linwood Pope of Newsoms, James Pope of 
Holland and William Pope of Newport News; a sister, Mrs. Jennie Nurney of 
Courtland; a brother, David Pope of Capron; 16 grandchildren; and seven great 
grandchildren.


Willie Grover POPE, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 16 Aug 1966, at home, age 83, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery**, Newsoms, 18 Aug 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 22, 1966, p. 5 

**All three of his wives are are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-50&51): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Additional information: 

The obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 20, 1928, p. 8) of his second wife, 
   Pattie Sue (EDWARDS HOWELL) POPE, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p100p2ob.txt 

*His parents' marriage record spells his mother's name STEVENS, not STEPHENS: 

Geo. Henry Pope, widowed, b. & res. Southampton, 
   sn/o Littleton & Eliza Pope, Farmer [age not given] 
Addie Stevans, 16, widowed [sic], b. & res. Southampton, 
   dt/o Virginia Steveans [spelling varies; seems unlikely to be a widow] 
m.lic. 10 Mar 1884, by clerk J.B. Prince 
m. 13 Mar 1884, Barnes' Church, by J.Q. Rhodes 
(Southampton Co. MB5:272) 

His father is buried unmarked in a POPE family cemetery, 
   on the old BARHAM farm, near Capron. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 9 (IX-40): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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