James William "Bill" Pope Jr was born on February 2, 1938 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of James William Pope Sr (1909-1991) and his 1st wife Hewell Givans Pope (1908-1944).
He was a graduate of Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, Tennessee, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. While in college, he was active in campus politics and was an officer in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
In 1962 he went to work as an attorney for the Tennessee Valley Authority, and three years later he entered private practice and was elected mayor of his ancestral hometown of Pikeville where he served four years.
In 1966 Bill was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives. Also that year, he was named to the board of directors of First National Bank of Pikeville and served in that capacity until elected Chairman of the Board in 1981.
He ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1968 and was appointed district attorney general of the 18th (now 12th) Judicial Circuit by then governor Buford Ellington in 1970. He served honorably as district attorney general until his retirement in 1992. He returned to private practice in Chattanooga and represented many clients as a lobbyist before the Tennessee General Assembly.
The husband of Jacqueline (Stewart) Pope, Bill was 76 years old and a resident of Dayton, Tennessee when he passed away on June 8, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer.
Preceded in death by his parents, he is survived by his wife; two daughters and a son-in-law; two sons and a daughter-in-law; two married sisters; and eight grandchildren.
Burial was in Pikeville Cemetery.
Original obituary in The Tennessean June 10, 2014
James William "Bill" Pope Jr was born on February 2, 1938 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of James William Pope Sr (1909-1991) and his 1st wife Hewell Givans Pope (1908-1944).
He was a graduate of Battle Ground Academy in Franklin, Tennessee, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. While in college, he was active in campus politics and was an officer in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
In 1962 he went to work as an attorney for the Tennessee Valley Authority, and three years later he entered private practice and was elected mayor of his ancestral hometown of Pikeville where he served four years.
In 1966 Bill was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives. Also that year, he was named to the board of directors of First National Bank of Pikeville and served in that capacity until elected Chairman of the Board in 1981.
He ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1968 and was appointed district attorney general of the 18th (now 12th) Judicial Circuit by then governor Buford Ellington in 1970. He served honorably as district attorney general until his retirement in 1992. He returned to private practice in Chattanooga and represented many clients as a lobbyist before the Tennessee General Assembly.
The husband of Jacqueline (Stewart) Pope, Bill was 76 years old and a resident of Dayton, Tennessee when he passed away on June 8, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer.
Preceded in death by his parents, he is survived by his wife; two daughters and a son-in-law; two sons and a daughter-in-law; two married sisters; and eight grandchildren.
Burial was in Pikeville Cemetery.
Original obituary in The Tennessean June 10, 2014
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