Jeanne Pope

Drewryville, Virginia
JEANNE WESTBROOK POPE, 64, wife of Samuel E. Pope, Jr., passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, MD after a brief illness. Born May 5, 1941, she was the daughter of Ethel Milliken Westbrook and the late Edwin P. Westbrook.
Jeanne, a multi-talented musician, began playing organ for Courtland United Methodist Church when she was but twelve years old. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1963 with a B.A. degree in Music, she gave freely of her musical talents in many capacities throughout her native Southampton area. She was a member, organist, and choir director at the Capron United Methodist Church. Her church work encompassed many areas, including the United Methodist Women, at both local and district levels, and editor of the church newsletter.
She was a member of the Franklin Federated Music Club where she had served as past president. In addition to her love of music, Jeanne was an avid gardener. She was a member and president of the Country Acres Garden Club and her love of reading was well-renowned and led to her membership in the Franklin Book Club where she had also served as president. Jeanne was also a member of the Southampton Historical Society and Rawls Museum of Art, serving both in several capacities.
For more than twenty-five years Jeanne was a devoted supporter of Southampton Academy. She served on its Founding Committee and its Board of Directors, and, as a teacher, shared her love of music with students.
Besides her husband of 42 years, she is survived by her mother, Ethel M. Westbrook; three sons, Christopher W. Pope and wife Rachel, Jeffrey W. Pope and wife Stephanie, and Mark F. Pope and wife Kimberly; her treasured grandchildren, Morgan, Harrison, Mason, and Avery; her sister, Peggy W. Shank and husband Ross of Reston, VA; her brother, James Westbrook and wife Jane of Richmond; and nieces and nephews, Virginia S. Conner, Julie W. Holstrom, Fred Shank, and Todd Westbrook. She was predeceased by her oldest son, Samuel E. Pope, III, and her father, Edwin P. Westbrook.
Graveside funeral services will be conducted at the Pope Family Cemetery, Royal Oak Farm, Drewryville, on Monday, August 15, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. with the Rev. Jim Smith, Rev. Glen Langston, and the Rev. Beth-Marie Barnett officiating. The family will be at her home at 23373 Royal Oak Lane, Drewryville, VA. and will receive friends at her home on Sunday, August 14, 2005, 7 until 9 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Southampton Academy, Jeanne Pope Music Memoriam, c/o Anne Pittman, Southampton Academy, 26495 Old Plank Rd., Courtland, VA 23837, or to Capron United Methodist Church, Jeanne Pope Honorarium, c/o Kay N. Pope, 16208 Old Belfield Rd., Capron, VA 23829. Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, assisted the family with arrangements. Condolences may be posted at our website at www.jtmorriss.com