Hilda Margarette Pope

SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 201112:00 P. M.MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPELVISITATION:  WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 201110:00 A. M. UNTIL SERVICE TIMEINTERMENT:  HENRY'S CHAPEL CEMETERYOFFICIATING:  REV. JERRY HAMILTONREV. IRVIS DALE EVERETTE   Mrs. Pope, 75, of Moss Point, died Sunday, October 30, 2011 at Greene Rural Health Center in Leakesville.   She was a native of Neshoba County and had been a resident of Jackson County since 1969.  Mrs. Pope was a member of First Pentecostal Church of Leakesville.   She was preceded in death by her husband, Rudon Pope in 1990.   Survivors include her daughter, Betty Holston of Hurley; sons, Billy Pope and his wife, Linda of Lucedale, Steve Pope and his wife, Sharon of Leakesville, and Prentiss Pope of Dayton, TX; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren;  brothers, James Harmon Lovern of Philadelphia, Joe Lovern of Jackson, and Jerome Lovern of Philadelphia; and a host of nieces and nephews.   Pallbearers are John Pope, Marvin Pope, Melvin Pope, Johnny Holston, Jonathan Smith and Timothy Smith.