Obit of Mrs. Susan G. Pope (abt 1932)

Transcribed by Gerry Hill

From Original, name and exact date of paper unknown, but about 1932. 

Mrs. Susan Pope Widely Beloved Woman, is Dead 

Fruitful, Unselfish Life Spent on Plantation at Zebulon 

Zebulon Ga. Dec. 27 Death Tuesday morning took Mrs. Susan G. Pope, one of the most widely beloved
 women in middle Georgia at the home of her daughter Mrs.Wm. B. Baker at Woolsey.

Mrs. Pope who was 85 years old was the widow of Judge James S. Pope, one of the eminent members
 of the Georgia bar during the nineties. Judge Pope died more than thirty years ago. (1900)

Death came after she was sick for several days and resulted directly from pneumonia
 complications. Mrs. Pope's health, despite her advanced age, had been good, and she maintained
 until sealed by her illness a vigor of mind and body which kept intatc one of the most gracious
 personalities to survive the old south.


She was the daughter of Colonel Jacob Martin and Martha Martin (Martha Carolyn Howe). Her father
 was one of the noted lawyers of the state and a pioneer in the upbuilding of this section. The
 sketch of his life in "bench and Bar of Georgia", published in 1848 states that he was being
 considered as a candidate for governor when death took him at the age of 37.

Mrs. Pope was born in 1847 in the ancestral home of the beautiful spacious plantation which
 overlooks Zebulon froma hilltop a mile south of the town. She lived the whole of her unselfish,
 fruitful life in the home which has been owned by her family for many generations.

Saw the Boys Return

As a girl, she sat on the shaded comfortable porch of the old homestead and watched the shattered
 remnants of the Confederacy straggling back to their homes.

An Article in the Atlanta Journal Magazine about her experiences at that time quotes her as
 follows:

" After the long days of anxiety, it was terrible to see each train that came into Griffin bring
 dozens of wounded and sick soldiers. Soon the hospitals overflowed, and the Courthouse, public
 buildings, stores, colleges and even private homes were filled with cots, and the patients made
 as comfortable as possible with the limited means we possessed. Already we had used our linen 
underwear, sheets, and table linen for bandages, and raveled them into lint for wound dressings."


Passing through the tragic era she became one of the first students at the old Synodical College
 in Griffin from which she was graduated in 1864-without a diploma, as her reminiscences reveal,
 because no diplomas could be obtained in those harse years.

She was maried to Judge Pope October 2, 1865. (Zebulon, Pike, Ga) The bitterness which filled the
 scenes of her childhood never touched her heart nor clouded her lovely temperament. Her life was
 a memorial of kindness and charity toward all.

Writer of Poetry

Possessing a rare literary gift, Mrs. Pope had written many poems of charm and distinction,
 several of which appeared in a recent anthology printed by the Oglethorpe Press. Her muse served
 her in age as well as in youth and several of her poems, written after she has passed eighty,
 rank among the finest products of her pen.

Mrs. Pope was a member and one of the most active workers in the Methodist Church of Zebulon. She
 had taught a Sunday school class whose members passed through several generations.

Mrs. Pope is survived by two sons, E.M. Pope of Zebulon, and Ernest Pope of Atlanta, three
 daughters, Mrs. W.B. Baker and Mrs. Katherine Pope Merritt, of Woolsey, and Mrs. W.E. Thomas of
 Valdosta and a sister Mrs. Lutie Head of Zebulon.

Among her grandchildren are seven Atlantians, Dr. W. Pope Baker, A. Ice and Coal Company; J.S.
 Pope city editor of the Atlanta Journal, Warren Pope. Other grandchildren are E.M. Pope, Jr.,
 Katherine Pope, Thomas and Mrs. Ruth Thomas Converse, of Valdosta, W.M. Pope of West Bay Fla.,
 and Mrs. B.C. Brannen of Millen.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning from the residense in Zebulon.

(No newspaper given in this old clipping-)

James  Soule Pope 1846-18 Dec 1900 Zebulon had the following children:

James Wilber Aug. 1866

Arthur Bothwell 10 Dec 1867

Perla 1869

Katherine 29 Aug 1872

Ernest 31 Jul 1876

Codesman Howe 3 Jun 1881

Elijah M 18 Mar 1883

(Female)

 

Arthur married Ellen Worthy  Merritt 1890

Perla married William Battle Baker

Katherine married William B Merritt

Ernest married  1910 NY NY Edith R. Valentine

Cadesman married  Marie F. Hayword

Elijah married  Minerva Bennett

(Female) Married W E  Thomas

James S Pope child of Cadesman & Susan B Atkins

Susannah child of M. Jacob  Charles Martin and Martha Carolyn Howe

(Martha Carolyn child of Susannah Gray (And Robert Howe) Grandchild of James Gray and Mary Riley.

For more on this family-

Ms. Gerry Hill gerryinga@yahoo.com