Willie Pope
Posted: July 22, 2022
NOXUBEE — Willie L. Pope, 76, died July 14, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Harrison Grove M.B.C. in Brooksville, with Billy Goodwin officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 1-5 p.m. today, at Carter’s Funeral Services. Carter’s Funeral Services of Macon is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Pope was born July 16, 1945, in Noxubee County, to the late Willie Reed Jones and Ethel Mae Jones. He was a member of Harrison Grove M.B.C.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Willie Mat Pope.
He is survived by his wife, Vickie Jackson Pope; children, Roosevelt Davis, Brenda Pope, Mary Ann Gilkey, all of Brooksville and Timmy Pope of Columbus; siblings, Lucille Keys of Columbus, Gloria Jones, Darlene Jones, both of Atlanta, Georgia, Willie Jones, Annie Myric, Delores Slaughter, all of Long Island, New York, Essie Winston, Vickie Jones, both of Columbus, Annette Jones of Tuscaloosa, Alabama,Ernestine Foster of Far Rockaway Queens, New York, and John Cotton of Brooksville; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Terry Dora, Roy Franklin, Tony Phinisey, Tommie Wright, Danny Jones and Willie J. Tate.