Hazel J. Pope, of Columbia, Mississippi, passed away on Sunday, October 24, 2021 at the age of 90. She was born in the Improve community and has remained a lifelong resident of Marion County. Mrs. Hazel will be remembered as a strong and generous woman who was in business for four decades at Tower Loan, Columbia Bank and Trustmark Bank. She was protective of her extended family who is comforted that she now rests in Christ’s Grace.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James W. Pope; her parents, William Johnson and Margie Kendrick Johnson; and eight sisters, Alvilda Fletcher, Erselle Brasell, Mary Thompson, Billie Applewhite, Bobbie Robinson, Quinnie “Punk” Sinclair, Olga “Pete” Dease, and Betty Mae Cook. Mrs. Hazel is survived by a sister, Emma Jerrye Lamousin; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The funeral service, officiated by Reverend Tom Thurman, will be at Colonial Funeral Home on Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 1:00pm where friends may visit with the family from 11:00am until service time. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery assisted by Barron Sinclair, Chris Sinclair, John Michael Buckley, John May, Brody Kleinpeter, Richard Maliden, Michael Thompson, and Hunter Applewhite serving as pallbearers.
