Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pope, William G. Jr., 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WILLIAM GROVER POPE, JR. William G. Pope, Jr., three-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Pope of Newsoms, died Sunday morning at Dooley Hospital, Richmond. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the grave in Newsoms cemetery, conducted by the Rev. C.F. Moseley of Newsoms Methodist Church. Pallbearers were R.G. Carter, J.W. Drake, J.T. Worrell and Robert Hancock. "Willie" William Grover POPE, Jr., son of "Willie" William Grover & Jessie E. (CUTCHINS) POPE, of Newsoms, Southampton Co. native, d. 13 Aug 1939, Richmond, age 3, interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 14 Aug 1939, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 18, 1939, p. 5 *Willie Jr. shares a stone with three infant siblings; his father & all three wives and Jr's maternal grandparents are all buried there. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-20,50&51): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt His paternal grandfather 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 His paternal grandmother is buried unmarked in Capron Cemetery. SCHS Cemetery Project, Capron list (C-32): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 22, 1966, p. 5), with his parents' marriage record appended, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p100w3ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p100w4ob.txt