Mrs. Julia Isobel Head Pope, of Atlanta and Dawsonville, Georgia, passed away May 28, 2009. She was 86.
A graduate of Snellville High School, she attended Rabun Gap Nachoochee Junior College in North Georgia graduating in June 1941 with a teacher's certificate.
Following graduation, she worked for a short time in Lawrenceville, Georgia and then accepted a job with AT&T in Atlanta where she met her future husband, Carl J. Pope of Black Creek, North Carolina, who was stationed at Fort Lawson. They were married in December of 1945 and settled in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1960 she joined her husband in opening an independent insurance agency, Pope & Company, Inc. Her careful attention to detail and his natural salesmanship and drive, developed it into a highly regarded and successful company.
Before her husband's death in 1989, the couple had retired to a home they built on Lake Lanier where they had spent many years boating and fishing. Always faithful to her Baptist roots, Judy, as she was known, and her husband were members of Brookhaven Baptist Church for over 25 years and Wieuca Road Baptist Church for ten years. Following her husband's death Mrs. Pope became a charter member of North Lanier Baptist Church.
She is survived by her sister, Blondine Mosley of Snellville and children, Alan Joseph Pope and wife Cathy, Judy Ann Pope Potter, Gary Warren Pope and his wife Ann and Carla Leigh Pope; grandchildren, Alan Pope, Jr., Keven Pope, Shannon Pope, William Potter, Mark Potter, Tom Pope, Daniel Pope; great grandchildren, Brendan, Claire and Ryder Pope.
Funeral services will be held Mon, Jun 1, 2009 in the Snellville First Baptist Church Chapel at 1:30PM with Rev. Larry Williams officiating. Interment will be next to her husband in the family plot at the Snellville Historical Cemetery following the service. The family will receive friends Sun, May 31 from 4-6PM at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wages funeralhome.com Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, Snellville Chapel.
A graduate of Snellville High School, she attended Rabun Gap Nachoochee Junior College in North Georgia graduating in June 1941 with a teacher's certificate.
Following graduation, she worked for a short time in Lawrenceville, Georgia and then accepted a job with AT&T in Atlanta where she met her future husband, Carl J. Pope of Black Creek, North Carolina, who was stationed at Fort Lawson. They were married in December of 1945 and settled in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1960 she joined her husband in opening an independent insurance agency, Pope & Company, Inc. Her careful attention to detail and his natural salesmanship and drive, developed it into a highly regarded and successful company.
Before her husband's death in 1989, the couple had retired to a home they built on Lake Lanier where they had spent many years boating and fishing. Always faithful to her Baptist roots, Judy, as she was known, and her husband were members of Brookhaven Baptist Church for over 25 years and Wieuca Road Baptist Church for ten years. Following her husband's death Mrs. Pope became a charter member of North Lanier Baptist Church.
She is survived by her sister, Blondine Mosley of Snellville and children, Alan Joseph Pope and wife Cathy, Judy Ann Pope Potter, Gary Warren Pope and his wife Ann and Carla Leigh Pope; grandchildren, Alan Pope, Jr., Keven Pope, Shannon Pope, William Potter, Mark Potter, Tom Pope, Daniel Pope; great grandchildren, Brendan, Claire and Ryder Pope.
Funeral services will be held Mon, Jun 1, 2009 in the Snellville First Baptist Church Chapel at 1:30PM with Rev. Larry Williams officiating. Interment will be next to her husband in the family plot at the Snellville Historical Cemetery following the service. The family will receive friends Sun, May 31 from 4-6PM at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wages funeralhome.com Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, Snellville Chapel.
Mrs. Julia Isobel Head Pope, of Atlanta and Dawsonville, Georgia, passed away May 28, 2009. She was 86.
A graduate of Snellville High School, she attended Rabun Gap Nachoochee Junior College in North Georgia graduating in June 1941 with a teacher's certificate.
Following graduation, she worked for a short time in Lawrenceville, Georgia and then accepted a job with AT&T in Atlanta where she met her future husband, Carl J. Pope of Black Creek, North Carolina, who was stationed at Fort Lawson. They were married in December of 1945 and settled in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1960 she joined her husband in opening an independent insurance agency, Pope & Company, Inc. Her careful attention to detail and his natural salesmanship and drive, developed it into a highly regarded and successful company.
Before her husband's death in 1989, the couple had retired to a home they built on Lake Lanier where they had spent many years boating and fishing. Always faithful to her Baptist roots, Judy, as she was known, and her husband were members of Brookhaven Baptist Church for over 25 years and Wieuca Road Baptist Church for ten years. Following her husband's death Mrs. Pope became a charter member of North Lanier Baptist Church.
She is survived by her sister, Blondine Mosley of Snellville and children, Alan Joseph Pope and wife Cathy, Judy Ann Pope Potter, Gary Warren Pope and his wife Ann and Carla Leigh Pope; grandchildren, Alan Pope, Jr., Keven Pope, Shannon Pope, William Potter, Mark Potter, Tom Pope, Daniel Pope; great grandchildren, Brendan, Claire and Ryder Pope.
Funeral services will be held Mon, Jun 1, 2009 in the Snellville First Baptist Church Chapel at 1:30PM with Rev. Larry Williams officiating. Interment will be next to her husband in the family plot at the Snellville Historical Cemetery following the service. The family will receive friends Sun, May 31 from 4-6PM at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wages funeralhome.com Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, Snellville Chapel.
A graduate of Snellville High School, she attended Rabun Gap Nachoochee Junior College in North Georgia graduating in June 1941 with a teacher's certificate.
Following graduation, she worked for a short time in Lawrenceville, Georgia and then accepted a job with AT&T in Atlanta where she met her future husband, Carl J. Pope of Black Creek, North Carolina, who was stationed at Fort Lawson. They were married in December of 1945 and settled in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1960 she joined her husband in opening an independent insurance agency, Pope & Company, Inc. Her careful attention to detail and his natural salesmanship and drive, developed it into a highly regarded and successful company.
Before her husband's death in 1989, the couple had retired to a home they built on Lake Lanier where they had spent many years boating and fishing. Always faithful to her Baptist roots, Judy, as she was known, and her husband were members of Brookhaven Baptist Church for over 25 years and Wieuca Road Baptist Church for ten years. Following her husband's death Mrs. Pope became a charter member of North Lanier Baptist Church.
She is survived by her sister, Blondine Mosley of Snellville and children, Alan Joseph Pope and wife Cathy, Judy Ann Pope Potter, Gary Warren Pope and his wife Ann and Carla Leigh Pope; grandchildren, Alan Pope, Jr., Keven Pope, Shannon Pope, William Potter, Mark Potter, Tom Pope, Daniel Pope; great grandchildren, Brendan, Claire and Ryder Pope.
Funeral services will be held Mon, Jun 1, 2009 in the Snellville First Baptist Church Chapel at 1:30PM with Rev. Larry Williams officiating. Interment will be next to her husband in the family plot at the Snellville Historical Cemetery following the service. The family will receive friends Sun, May 31 from 4-6PM at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wages funeralhome.com Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, Snellville Chapel.
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