Donald Pope was born August 15, 1937 in Acworth, GA and passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021. He was the son of the late George Wesley Pope and Julia McLain Pope of Acworth, Georgia.
Donald attended Georgia Technical Institute and spent the next 40 years in aerospace manufacturing at Lockheed Martin, Rohr Industries, McDonnell Douglas, and Boeing. As general manager of McDonnel Douglas’ Macon plant, he served on the State Board of Technical and Adult Education. After retiring in 1999 he enjoyed golf and building custom golf clubs as a business/hobby for the next 19 years in Horseshoe Bay, TX and SaddleBrooke, AZ. He and his wife moved back to the South (specifically Chapin, SC) in 2018 to be closer to family.
Mr. Pope is survived by his wife of 38 years, Kate Pope; children, Michelle Welch (Mark), Michael Pope (Jannette), Melinda Price (Jeff); 15 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; brother, George Pope (Mary Ellen) and sister, Pat Chilton. He was predeceased by his sister, Judy Farrar and brother-in-law, Red Chilton.