Mary Waties Lumpkin Pope, wife of the late Thomas Harrington Pope, Jr. of Newberry, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008.
She was born December 6, 1917 in Columbia, the daughter of the late Alva Moore Lumpkin and Mary Sumter Thomas Lumpkin. She was a graduate of Mary Baldwin College. Upon her marriage, January 3, 1940, she moved to Newberry. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Newberry, with interment immediately following in Rosemont Cemetery in Newberry. Visitation was from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harrington Pope, III, 1228 Walnut St., Newberry.
Mrs. Pope was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and served on the Altar Guild. She was a member of The Assembly, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and the Junior League of Columbia.
She had formerly been an active member of the Palmetto Garden Club, the Pine Tree Hunt Club, the Huguenot Society of S.C., the South Caroliniana Society, the South Carolina Historical Society, and the Governor's Mansion Foundation.
She is survived by her children: Mary Waties Pope Kennedy and husband, Robert Hunter Kennedy, Jr., of Columbia; Thomas Harrington Pope III and wife, Adele Jeffords Pope, of Newberry; Gary Tusten Pope and wife, Margaret Christian Pope, of Columbia.
She is also survived by her nine grandchildren: Robert Hunter Kennedy III and wife, Margaret Brett Kennedy, Thomas Harrington Pope Kennedy and wife, Ashley Bell Kennedy, Mary Sumter Waties Kennedy Allen and husband, Charles Robertson Allen II, William Harrington Pope and wife, Erin McCormick Pope, Jane Brooks Marshall Pope, Helen Harrington Pope, Gary Tusten Pope, Jr., Elizabeth Christian Pope and Ann Stelling Pope. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren: Sampson Pope Kennedy and Charles Robertson Allen III, and by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Alva Moore (Willodene Rion) Lumpkin, Jr.
She was pre-deceased by her brother, Alva Moore Lumpkin, Jr. and sister, Caroline Lumpkin.
The family expresses its thanks particularly to caregivers Mildred Wise, Mary Harmon and Shirley Robinson, to Dr. Oscar Lovelace and his staff, and to the staff at Springfield Place.
Memorials may be made to St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1605 Main St., Newberry, SC 29108 or to the Newberry Opera House Foundation, 1201 McKibben St., Newberry, SC 29108.
NOTE: She lived on College Street in the 1920s
She was born December 6, 1917 in Columbia, the daughter of the late Alva Moore Lumpkin and Mary Sumter Thomas Lumpkin. She was a graduate of Mary Baldwin College. Upon her marriage, January 3, 1940, she moved to Newberry. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Newberry, with interment immediately following in Rosemont Cemetery in Newberry. Visitation was from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harrington Pope, III, 1228 Walnut St., Newberry.
Mrs. Pope was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and served on the Altar Guild. She was a member of The Assembly, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and the Junior League of Columbia.
She had formerly been an active member of the Palmetto Garden Club, the Pine Tree Hunt Club, the Huguenot Society of S.C., the South Caroliniana Society, the South Carolina Historical Society, and the Governor's Mansion Foundation.
She is survived by her children: Mary Waties Pope Kennedy and husband, Robert Hunter Kennedy, Jr., of Columbia; Thomas Harrington Pope III and wife, Adele Jeffords Pope, of Newberry; Gary Tusten Pope and wife, Margaret Christian Pope, of Columbia.
She is also survived by her nine grandchildren: Robert Hunter Kennedy III and wife, Margaret Brett Kennedy, Thomas Harrington Pope Kennedy and wife, Ashley Bell Kennedy, Mary Sumter Waties Kennedy Allen and husband, Charles Robertson Allen II, William Harrington Pope and wife, Erin McCormick Pope, Jane Brooks Marshall Pope, Helen Harrington Pope, Gary Tusten Pope, Jr., Elizabeth Christian Pope and Ann Stelling Pope. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren: Sampson Pope Kennedy and Charles Robertson Allen III, and by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Alva Moore (Willodene Rion) Lumpkin, Jr.
She was pre-deceased by her brother, Alva Moore Lumpkin, Jr. and sister, Caroline Lumpkin.
The family expresses its thanks particularly to caregivers Mildred Wise, Mary Harmon and Shirley Robinson, to Dr. Oscar Lovelace and his staff, and to the staff at Springfield Place.
Memorials may be made to St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1605 Main St., Newberry, SC 29108 or to the Newberry Opera House Foundation, 1201 McKibben St., Newberry, SC 29108.
NOTE: She lived on College Street in the 1920s
Mary Waties Lumpkin Pope, wife of the late Thomas Harrington Pope, Jr. of Newberry, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008.
She was born December 6, 1917 in Columbia, the daughter of the late Alva Moore Lumpkin and Mary Sumter Thomas Lumpkin. She was a graduate of Mary Baldwin College. Upon her marriage, January 3, 1940, she moved to Newberry. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Newberry, with interment immediately following in Rosemont Cemetery in Newberry. Visitation was from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harrington Pope, III, 1228 Walnut St., Newberry.
Mrs. Pope was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and served on the Altar Guild. She was a member of The Assembly, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and the Junior League of Columbia.
She had formerly been an active member of the Palmetto Garden Club, the Pine Tree Hunt Club, the Huguenot Society of S.C., the South Caroliniana Society, the South Carolina Historical Society, and the Governor's Mansion Foundation.
She is survived by her children: Mary Waties Pope Kennedy and husband, Robert Hunter Kennedy, Jr., of Columbia; Thomas Harrington Pope III and wife, Adele Jeffords Pope, of Newberry; Gary Tusten Pope and wife, Margaret Christian Pope, of Columbia.
She is also survived by her nine grandchildren: Robert Hunter Kennedy III and wife, Margaret Brett Kennedy, Thomas Harrington Pope Kennedy and wife, Ashley Bell Kennedy, Mary Sumter Waties Kennedy Allen and husband, Charles Robertson Allen II, William Harrington Pope and wife, Erin McCormick Pope, Jane Brooks Marshall Pope, Helen Harrington Pope, Gary Tusten Pope, Jr., Elizabeth Christian Pope and Ann Stelling Pope. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren: Sampson Pope Kennedy and Charles Robertson Allen III, and by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Alva Moore (Willodene Rion) Lumpkin, Jr.
She was pre-deceased by her brother, Alva Moore Lumpkin, Jr. and sister, Caroline Lumpkin.
The family expresses its thanks particularly to caregivers Mildred Wise, Mary Harmon and Shirley Robinson, to Dr. Oscar Lovelace and his staff, and to the staff at Springfield Place.
Memorials may be made to St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1605 Main St., Newberry, SC 29108 or to the Newberry Opera House Foundation, 1201 McKibben St., Newberry, SC 29108.
NOTE: She lived on College Street in the 1920s
She was born December 6, 1917 in Columbia, the daughter of the late Alva Moore Lumpkin and Mary Sumter Thomas Lumpkin. She was a graduate of Mary Baldwin College. Upon her marriage, January 3, 1940, she moved to Newberry. Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Newberry, with interment immediately following in Rosemont Cemetery in Newberry. Visitation was from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harrington Pope, III, 1228 Walnut St., Newberry.
Mrs. Pope was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and served on the Altar Guild. She was a member of The Assembly, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and the Junior League of Columbia.
She had formerly been an active member of the Palmetto Garden Club, the Pine Tree Hunt Club, the Huguenot Society of S.C., the South Caroliniana Society, the South Carolina Historical Society, and the Governor's Mansion Foundation.
She is survived by her children: Mary Waties Pope Kennedy and husband, Robert Hunter Kennedy, Jr., of Columbia; Thomas Harrington Pope III and wife, Adele Jeffords Pope, of Newberry; Gary Tusten Pope and wife, Margaret Christian Pope, of Columbia.
She is also survived by her nine grandchildren: Robert Hunter Kennedy III and wife, Margaret Brett Kennedy, Thomas Harrington Pope Kennedy and wife, Ashley Bell Kennedy, Mary Sumter Waties Kennedy Allen and husband, Charles Robertson Allen II, William Harrington Pope and wife, Erin McCormick Pope, Jane Brooks Marshall Pope, Helen Harrington Pope, Gary Tusten Pope, Jr., Elizabeth Christian Pope and Ann Stelling Pope. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren: Sampson Pope Kennedy and Charles Robertson Allen III, and by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Alva Moore (Willodene Rion) Lumpkin, Jr.
She was pre-deceased by her brother, Alva Moore Lumpkin, Jr. and sister, Caroline Lumpkin.
The family expresses its thanks particularly to caregivers Mildred Wise, Mary Harmon and Shirley Robinson, to Dr. Oscar Lovelace and his staff, and to the staff at Springfield Place.
Memorials may be made to St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1605 Main St., Newberry, SC 29108 or to the Newberry Opera House Foundation, 1201 McKibben St., Newberry, SC 29108.
NOTE: She lived on College Street in the 1920s
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