Charles Pope Sr.

Charles Rhelfort Pope Sr. died Saturday, July 26, 2014, at Park Ridge Medical Center in Chattanooga, due to medical complication. He was a member of Brakebill Chapel AME Zion Church, in South Pittsburg. He was born in South Pittsburg, Jan. 10, 1943, to the late Franklin Pope Sr. and Virginia Lee Pope. He was preceded in death by his father, Franklin Pope Sr.; mother, Virginia Lee Pope; brother, Franklin Pope Jr;. and sister, Elizabeth Pope-Alexander. He leaves to cherish his memory his son, Charles R. Pope Jr., Tracy City, Tenn., one brother, Dr. Isaac S. Pope, Chehalis, Wash.; one sister, Patricia G. Pope, Atlanta; one aunt, Lugenia Gordan, Manchester, N.H.; two sisters-in-law, Mary Pope-Wiggins, Bridgeport, Ala., and JoAnn Pope, Chehalis; two nieces, Stephanie Furey, Atlanta, and Theresa Pope, Chehalis; four nephews, Cornelius Pope and Christopher Pope, Louisville, Ky., David (Joy) Pope, Glendale, Calif., Stephen (Francesca) Pope, Brooklyn, N.Y.; great-nephews, Nicholas, Shaquille, Diego, Kamari, and Tristian Pope; great-nieces, Azlynn, Jubliee and Oni Pope; one great-great niece, Kylie Wilson; one great-great nephew, Isaac Allen Kainz; and a host of cousins and friends: Mable Green, Betty Pearson, Mary Kelly, Diana Cook-Carter, Willie Tipton, Thelma Hutchins, Monroe and Lorraine Powers and Richard Wiggins. Funeral services will be conducted from the funeral home chapel at 1 p.m. CDT, Saturday, Aug. 2, with Rev. Paul Robinson officiating. Interment will follow in Anderson Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. CDT, today, Aug. 1. The family request in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Brakebill Chapel AME Zion Church, in South Pittsburg, Tenn. To send online condolences, visit www.tatefh.com. Arrangements by Tate Funeral Home, Jasper, Tenn., 423-942-9500.