Harris Miller Pope was the son of Walter Darden and Rebecca Lavonia Knowles Pope and the husband of Esther Sitton.
Harris Miller Pope of Thomasville died Sun., June 26
Retired Army Lt. Col. was born March 9, 1920 in Jackson, son of the late Sheriff Walter D. Pope Sr. and Rebecca Knowles.
He began his military career with a unit in Jackson in 1940. He did tours of duty in Korea from 1946 to 1948 and 1950 to 1952. He received a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Silver Star and later became director of the regional Thomasville office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, receiving the government's highest civilian award, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award. He was married to the late Esther Sitton Pope.
Survivors include daughter, Esther S. White of Roswell; son and daughter-in-law. Dusty and Sylvia White of North Little Rock, AR; son, H. Miller Pope of Roswell; sister, Lounette Eslinger of Elkhart, IN; brother, Sam Foster Pope of Atlanta; two grandsons; and several nieces and nephews.
Jackson Progress Argus
6 Jul 1994
Harris Miller Pope of Thomasville died Sun., June 26
Retired Army Lt. Col. was born March 9, 1920 in Jackson, son of the late Sheriff Walter D. Pope Sr. and Rebecca Knowles.
He began his military career with a unit in Jackson in 1940. He did tours of duty in Korea from 1946 to 1948 and 1950 to 1952. He received a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Silver Star and later became director of the regional Thomasville office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, receiving the government's highest civilian award, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award. He was married to the late Esther Sitton Pope.
Survivors include daughter, Esther S. White of Roswell; son and daughter-in-law. Dusty and Sylvia White of North Little Rock, AR; son, H. Miller Pope of Roswell; sister, Lounette Eslinger of Elkhart, IN; brother, Sam Foster Pope of Atlanta; two grandsons; and several nieces and nephews.
Jackson Progress Argus
6 Jul 1994
Harris Miller Pope was the son of Walter Darden and Rebecca Lavonia Knowles Pope and the husband of Esther Sitton.
Harris Miller Pope of Thomasville died Sun., June 26
Retired Army Lt. Col. was born March 9, 1920 in Jackson, son of the late Sheriff Walter D. Pope Sr. and Rebecca Knowles.
He began his military career with a unit in Jackson in 1940. He did tours of duty in Korea from 1946 to 1948 and 1950 to 1952. He received a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Silver Star and later became director of the regional Thomasville office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, receiving the government's highest civilian award, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award. He was married to the late Esther Sitton Pope.
Survivors include daughter, Esther S. White of Roswell; son and daughter-in-law. Dusty and Sylvia White of North Little Rock, AR; son, H. Miller Pope of Roswell; sister, Lounette Eslinger of Elkhart, IN; brother, Sam Foster Pope of Atlanta; two grandsons; and several nieces and nephews.
Jackson Progress Argus
6 Jul 1994
Harris Miller Pope of Thomasville died Sun., June 26
Retired Army Lt. Col. was born March 9, 1920 in Jackson, son of the late Sheriff Walter D. Pope Sr. and Rebecca Knowles.
He began his military career with a unit in Jackson in 1940. He did tours of duty in Korea from 1946 to 1948 and 1950 to 1952. He received a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Silver Star and later became director of the regional Thomasville office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, receiving the government's highest civilian award, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award. He was married to the late Esther Sitton Pope.
Survivors include daughter, Esther S. White of Roswell; son and daughter-in-law. Dusty and Sylvia White of North Little Rock, AR; son, H. Miller Pope of Roswell; sister, Lounette Eslinger of Elkhart, IN; brother, Sam Foster Pope of Atlanta; two grandsons; and several nieces and nephews.
Jackson Progress Argus
6 Jul 1994
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