Friday, June 23, 1939
MRS. MARVIN POPE DIES AT MACON
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning, June 21 at the Alamo Methodist Church for Mrs. Marvin Pope, age 43, member of a prominent Wheeler County family, who died Monday night at her home in Macon after an illness of two days.
The Rev. J.D. Rabun, of Lyons and Rev. C. A. Morrison, of Alamo officiated, and burial was in the Glenwood Cemetery in the Pope family lot.
Mrs. Pope, the former Miss Jewell Geiger, was a native of Wheeler County, but had resided the past nine years in Macon. She was a daughter of the late James T. and Columbia Geiger, and a devoted member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Pope was stricken with a heart attack Saturday afternoon. A physician was summoned and everything possible was done for her. Her physician pronounced her much better Monday afternoon, but she passed away at 11:30 Monday night, as she lay quietly sleeping.
Surviving are her husband, Marvin Pope, and five children, William, Eleanor, Howard, Annette and Martha, of Macon; one brother, J.F. Geiger, and one sister, Mrs. J. Otis Perdue, both of Alamo.
Article reprinted from page 1, column 7, of The Wheeler County Eagle, Alamo, Georgia.
Thanks to Elizabeth Burch for the obituary.
Friday, June 23, 1939
MRS. MARVIN POPE DIES AT MACON
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning, June 21 at the Alamo Methodist Church for Mrs. Marvin Pope, age 43, member of a prominent Wheeler County family, who died Monday night at her home in Macon after an illness of two days.
The Rev. J.D. Rabun, of Lyons and Rev. C. A. Morrison, of Alamo officiated, and burial was in the Glenwood Cemetery in the Pope family lot.
Mrs. Pope, the former Miss Jewell Geiger, was a native of Wheeler County, but had resided the past nine years in Macon. She was a daughter of the late James T. and Columbia Geiger, and a devoted member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Pope was stricken with a heart attack Saturday afternoon. A physician was summoned and everything possible was done for her. Her physician pronounced her much better Monday afternoon, but she passed away at 11:30 Monday night, as she lay quietly sleeping.
Surviving are her husband, Marvin Pope, and five children, William, Eleanor, Howard, Annette and Martha, of Macon; one brother, J.F. Geiger, and one sister, Mrs. J. Otis Perdue, both of Alamo.
Article reprinted from page 1, column 7, of The Wheeler County Eagle, Alamo, Georgia.
Thanks to Elizabeth Burch for the obituary.
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