Mary Evelyn Myers Pope, age 83, of Cerro Gordo, passed away Friday, June 7, 2019 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center in Whiteville, NC.

A Graveside service will be held Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Fairmont Cemetery with Rev. Tim Moore officiating.

A visitation will follow at the graveside.

Mrs. Pope was born October 5, 1935 in Darlington, SC.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William Leroy Myers and Elvia Brown Myers; her husband, Cecil Robert Pope; two brothers, James Henry Brown and Donnie Ray Myers; and one great-grandchild James Rodney Pope.

She is survived by one son, Kenneth Rodney Pope, Sr. and wife Phyllis of Cerro Gordo, NC; one daughter, Wanda Pope Ellis and husband Walter James of Cerro Gordo, NC; one brother, William Leroy Brown, Jr. of Charlotte; and two sisters, Jeannette Phillips of Fairmont and Linda Smith of Lumberton; four grandchildren, Heather Walters Romine, Douglas Walters III, Kenneth R. Pope, Jr., and Brittney Lauren Rogers; and seven great-grandchildren, Eran Foley, Hayley Walters, Hayden Walters, Alyssa Romine, Hudson Rogers, Landon Rogers, and Pateyn Pope.

In Lieu of flowers Memorials can be made to Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center of Whiteville 206 Warrior Trail Whiteville, NC 28472.