Vida Gretchen Pope

Notes:

Name: Ralph D. Pope
SSN: 227-05-6616
Last Residence: 29115 Orangeburg, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States of America
Born: 9 Nov 1911
Died: 1 Oct 1988
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951

CENSUS: 1920 Wise Co VA
1930 Lee Co VA

Ralph married Vida Hale on 16 Aug 1931 in Hancock Co, TN. Vida (daughter of Evan Thomas Hale and Maud E. Coffman) was born on 3 Nov 1915 in Lee Co, VA; died on 23 Mar 2007 in Orangeburg Co, SC; was buried in Orangeburg Co, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Mrs. Vida H. Pope, ORANGEBURG

Funeral services for Mrs. Vida H. Pope, 91, of 508 Cedar Lane, Orangeburg, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 26, 2007, at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel in Orangeburg, with the Rev. Ben Herlong and the Rev. David Williamson officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Pope died Friday, March 23, at her residence.

She was born November 3, 1915, in St. Charles, Va., a daughter of the late Evan and Maude Coffman Hale. She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church. She retired from Phillips Shoe Store. Mrs. Pope was married to the late Ralph D. Pope.

Survivors include four daughters, Mary Alice Pope of Orangeburg, Mrs. Sam (Kathryn) Ulmer of Lexington, Nancy Hutto and Gretchen Pope, both of Decatur, Ga.; six grandchildren, Ravel Ulmer, Renee' Mundy, Evan Hutto, Angela Mathis, Sheryl Hutto, and Wesley Hutto; seven great-grandchildren and a half-sister, Mattie Lou England of Indiana.

Friends may call at the residence, 508 Cedar Lane, and at Thompson Funeral Home.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at Thompson Funeral Home in Orangeburg.

Memorials may be sent to St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 1356 Amelia St., Orangeburg, SC 29115.

Thompson Funeral Home, Inc. of Orangeburg is in charge of arrangements.

Buried:
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Notes:

Married:
There is another marriage record showing the date of Nov 26, 1931

Notes:

After his death and as the Great Depression took hold, Syble Hale and Buck R. Hale were send to The Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home, known as the Jr. Home, in Tiffon OH, where there resided until about 1938. Vida Hale was too old to be accepted at the Home and remained in Lee Co.

http://www.jrhome.org/homehistory.htm

Buried:
GRid=25656649

Evan married Maud E. Coffman on 22 May 1910 in Lee Co, VA. Maud (daughter of Henry Marion Coffman and Mary Elizabeth Newman) was born on 12 Sep 1893 in Lee Co, VA; died on 30 Oct 1957 in Marion Co, IN; was buried in Lee Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Clyde Sprinkle's date of birth was recorded at the Courthouse as 30-August-1893. His grave marker shows 30-May-1893.

Maud Sprinkle's (his wife) date of birth was recorded at the Courthouse as 12-Sep-1893. Her grave marker shows 30-Aug-1893.

Birth:
GraveMarker has birth as 30 Aug 1893


Name: Maude E. Coffman
Gender: Female
Christening Date: null
Christening Place: null
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1893
Birthplace: 3rd District, Pocket, Lee Co , Virginia
Death Date: null
Name Note: null
Race: null
Father's Name: Henry Coffman
Father's Birthplace: null
Father's Age: null
Mother's Name: Lizzie Coffman
Mother's Birthplace: null
Mother's Age: null
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00521-8
System Origin: Virginia-ODM
GS Film number: 2046946
Reference ID: null

Buried:
GRid=70157055

Notes:

Married:
Groom's Name: Evan Hale
Groom's Birth Date: 1885
Groom's Birthplace: Laurel Co, Ky
Groom's Age: 25
Bride's Name: Maud E. Coffman
Bride's Birth Date: 1893
Bride's Birthplace: Lee Co, Va
Bride's Age: 17
Marriage Date: 22 May 1910
Marriage Place: Lee, Virginia
Groom's Father's Name: J.M.
Groom's Mother's Name: Mary
Bride's Father's Name: Henry
Bride's Mother's Name: Eliza
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01794-9
System Origin: Virginia-EASy
Source Film Number: 2048459
Reference Number: Image 446
Collection: Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940

Notes:

Died:
Name: James M. Hale
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 17 Mar 1937
Death Place: Laurel, Kentucky
Age: 73
Birth Date: 1864
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nancy W. Hale
Father's Name: Matt Hale
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Eliza Tayb...
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I08503-4
System Origin: Kentucky-EASy
Source Film Number: 1913335
Reference Number: 14166
Collection: Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970

Buried:
GRid=25656671

James married Nancy J Williams on 4 May 1884 in Laurel Co, KY. Nancy (daughter of William H Williams and Nancy Sasser) was born on 8 Apr 1862; died on 12 Jan 1936 in Laurel Co, KY; was buried in Laurel Co, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her name is offen seen as Nancy J M Williams. The "J.M" may be from a document that mistakenly included her husbands initials

Died:
Name: Nancy W. Hale
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 1936
Death Place: Tuttle, Laurel, Kentucky
Age:
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: James M. Hale
Father's Name: Wm. Williams
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Nancy Sasser
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I08543-3
System Origin: Kentucky-EASy
Source Film Number: 1913143
Reference Number: 2151
Collection: Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970

Buried:
GRid=25656773

Notes:

The date of death is from his death certificate.
His gravemarker shows Oct 8, 1933. The birth certificate does not show a date of birth but it does show his age as
64 years/6 months/20 days which would resolve to 18 Mar 1869.
The 1870/1880 census shows him borm in abt 1867


Asked if she remembered Henry Coffman,his granddaughter Vida Hale Pope said yes she did. She remembered him as being very kind and gentle. She could remember when she was very young sitting on his lap and him rocking her. Vida said the story of him being shot while riding horseback was not true. The family could have never afforded a horse.

Henry and John Aaron Coffman worked at Bodert Mines which were closed as the depression set in. The two brothers then started working a mine in Pocket. Henry would walk from V.I.C. (a mining camp just outside of St Charles) to Pocket (guessing about 3-4 miles) everyday to work the mine. Henry died shortly after they started up the mine. Vida thought walking in the bad weather may have lead to his death, but from the cause of death on the his death certificate I wouldn't think so.

Died:
GRid=32655936

Buried:
GRid=32655936

Henry married Mary Elizabeth Newman about 1892. Mary (daughter of Andrew Jackson Newman and Martha Jane Sybert) was born on 22 Feb 1872 in Lee Co, VA; died on 12 Nov 1962 in Lee Co, VA; was buried in Lee Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note from Vida Hale Pope - Grandma Coffman always claimed that God "told her things". She said that God told her that Evan (her grandson) was going to die while visting family in Kentucky. Evan did develop diphtheria and may have died from a reaction to the medience he was given. Grandma said nothing about this until years later.

Birth:
name: Mary E Newman
gender: Female
baptism/christening date:
baptism/christening place:
birth date: 20 Feb 1871
birthplace: Rocky Station, Lee, Virginia
death date:
name note:
race: White
father (or slave owner): Andrew O Newman
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Martha L Newman
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C86880-6
system origin: Virginia-EASy
source film number: 32441
reference number: item 4 p 124

Died:
Death certificate shows parents as Joseph Newman and Rebecca Stewart. I simple do not know where those names came from.

Buried:
GRid=41672659