The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, October 3, 1996             TAG: 9610030307
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   20 lines

MARGARET P. POPE

Margaret Louise Porter Pope, 64, of the 1900 block of North St., died Sept. 30, 1996, at home.

Mrs. Pope, a native of Portsmouth, was a member of Cottage Place United Methodist Church and F.O.P. Gosport Lodge.

Survivors include a son, Arthur Wayne Pope of Fredericksburg, Va.; a daughter, Deborah Margaret Pope of Portsmouth; five grandchildren, Wayne, Shaun, George, Steven and Stephanie; four great-grandchildren; and a dear friend, Lorie Jones of Suffolk.

A memorial service will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in Cottage Place United Methodist Church by the Rev. James D. Thomas. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday in Foster Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to Military Order of the Purple Heart.

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