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Edith Pope
[March 25, 2012]
ATLANTA -- Edith B. Pope, 93, of Atlanta,
died Friday, March 23, 2012, at 1:45 p.m. at The Christian Village
in Lincoln.
(Below is a copy of
the obituary from the funeral home.)
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Atlanta- Edith B. Pope, 93, of Atlanta passed away on
Friday, March 23, 2012 at 1:45 p.m. at The Christian Village
Nursing Home in Lincoln.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Pope will be held on Tuesday,
March 27. 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at the Atlanta Christian Church
with Mr. Maurice Stribling and Mr. Ryan Edgecombe
officiating.
Visitation will be held on Monday evening from 5:00 p.m.
until 7:00 p.m. at the Quiram Peasley Funeral Home in
Atlanta.
Burial will be in the Atlanta Cemetery at rural Atlanta.
Edith B. Wilcoxson was born on January 30, 1919 in Eminence
Township rural Atlanta the daughter of Roscoe and Irene
Shifflet Wilcoxson. She married Keith Pope on March 2, 1937.
They were married for seventy-five years. He survives in
Lincoln.
Also surviving are one daughter: Julie (Leroy) Osborn of
Atlanta, one sister: Rosemary Satterfield of Davenport,
Fl., Six grandchildren: Keith Craig, Mark Craig, Jim Craig,
Libby Robison, Daniel Osborn, Kristopher Osborn. Nineteen
great grandchildren, Eight great great grandchildren.
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She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter:
Donna Craig, one sister: Lorietta Murphy, one brother: John
Wilcoxson, one granddaughter: Barbara Craig, one great
grandson: Jared Osborn.
Edith graduated from the Atlanta High School in 1936.
She was a lifetime member of the Atlanta Christian Church
where she was a Sunday School Teacher and a member of the
Sisters in Service.
She was a member of the Atlanta Eminence Home Extension and
numerous card clubs.
She and her husband farmed in rural Atlanta their entire
lives. She also owned and operated The Villager in Atlanta
for nine years.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimers Foundation or the
Atlanta Christian Church. |