Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pope, Simon T., 1922 

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SIMON T. POPE

   S.T. Pope, a well-known citizen of the Capron community, died at his home 
April 26, 1922, in his eightieth year, having celebrated his seventy-ninth 
birthday April 9, 1922, the anniversary of the surrender at Appomattox. Mrs. 
Pope was a brave and loyal Confederate soldier, enlisting in 1862 in Company B, 
Ninth Virginia Regiment of Infantry, Armistead’s brigade, Pickett’s division. 
His captain was J.D. Myrick, who resigned, and John. R. Parker was elected to 
fill his place. He was wounded at Gettysburg and in the battles around 
Petersburg and surrendered at Appomattox. He had been a member of Urquhart-
Gillette Camp U.C.V. for a number of years and was always present at the State 
and Southern Confederate reunions.

   The deceased was a consistent member of Whitehead’s M.E. Church, uniting 
with the church in early life and serving his Master faithfully until his 
death. He was the son of the late Simon T. Pope and Susan Joyner Pope and is 
survived by his widow, who was Miss Elizabeth E. Howell, and by four sons, G. 
Franklin, Olie S., L. Hudson and Guy L. Pope, all of whom lived together at the 
old homeplace.

   The funeral was held April 27 in the presence of a large concourse of 
friends and there were many pretty floral offerings laid on the grave of this 
estimable man. The active pallbearers were C.W. Dickens, E.B. Prince, W.J. 
Cole, S.A. Whitehead, G.A. Fowler, P.E. Knight, J.R. Dickens, B.E. Livesay, Jr. 
Among the honorary pallbearers were three Confederate veterans C.C. Vaughan of 
Franklin, L.L. Manry of Courtland and C.C. Richardson of Wakefield, and the 
following friends and neighbors: G.W. Burgess, W.D. Bell, W.L. Worrell, J.R. 
Gilliam, Felix Bryant, Marvin Barnes, G.W Bradshaw, T.W. Story, J.R. Knight, 
J.R. Howell, Julian Dickens, Clyde Nurney, Emmett Babb and Junius Fowler.


[Simon T. POPE, 9 Apr 1842 - 26 Apr 1922, age 58, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 27 Apr 1922, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), obit dated 12 May 1922, p. 1] 

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