Obituary of June Y. Pope

Ms. June Yates Pope, age 62, of Charlie Thompson Road, Vilas, passed away Friday night, August 24, 2012 at home. Born April 9, 1950 in Ashe County, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Ed and Blanche Greene Jones. June worked as a CNA, and was a school bus driver. She was a former member of the Cove Creek Volunteer Fire Department. June was a member at Westside Baptist Church and attended Howard�s Creek Baptist Church. She is survived by three children; Jamey Yates and wife Amy of Boone, Debbie Yates of the home, and Shellie Dollars and husband Buddy of Sugar Grove, one step son; Adam Pope and wife Crystal of Dry Run, Tennessee, eleven grandchildren; Dustin Parlier, Faith and Calvin Dollars, Zachary Hicks, Carson and Samantha Oxentine, Erica Rattler, Jessica Greene, Deana Isaacs, Cheyenne Pope and Janie Sisk, seven great grandchildren; Montana and Noah Rattler, Nehemiah, Ellianna and Eric Oxentine, Amy Grace and Paysen Greene, and several �special� nieces and nephews, one sister; Ruth Phillips of Millers Creek, one brother; Burl Jones and wife Wanda of Marion, sister-in-law, Bronda Jones and brother-in-law, Kenneth Laws and wife Pat. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband Jim Yates, her second husband Blaine Pope, two sisters; Carolyn Tester and Barbara Laws and one brother; Lawrence Jones, a niece, Annie Johnson and two special friends; Dora Horton and Ray Bentley, the staff at the Cancer Center. Funeral services for Ms. June Yates Pope will be conducted Monday afternoon at 3 o�clock at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Pastor Harold Danner, Pastor Burl Jones, and Pastor David Ward. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Medi-home Hospice, PO Box 1357, Newland, NC 28657 or to the Seby Jones Cancer Center, PO Box 2570, Boone, NC 28607. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 4 o�clock until 6 o�clock at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home. The family would like to extend their deepest appreciation to the following for the love and care they gave to June; the medical staff at Seby B. Jones Cancer Center, Medi-home Hospice, Janie Foxx, Charlotte Walls, Ardna Triplett, Helen Hicks, Jeanette Ward, Gerald and Betty Marshall, Janie Hicks and Jane Wilson. Online condolences may be sent to the Pope family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Pope family.