John Sheperd Pope Sr.

JOHN SHEPERD "SHEP ELLIOTT" POPE SR

SHEP ELLIOTT 63, WENT TO HIS HEAVENLY HOME PEACEFULLY AT CRYSTAL COAST HOSPICE HOUSE

NEWPORT, NC ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2022.

HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER PATRICIA ELLIOTT, BROTHERS MICHEAL "MIKE L" ELLIOTT SR,

ROBERT MARC ELLIOTT, SISTER CHERYL ANN "ELLIOTT" TOMBLIN AND NIECE NINA LYNN ELLIOTT.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS ONE AND ONLY SON JOHN SHEPERD POPE JR, DAUGHTERS JACKIE VASSALLO

(TOMMY), JESSICA IPOCK AND KELLY JOHNSTON, SISTERS MARY ELLIOTT WILLIAMS AND KATHRYN

ELLIOTT HANCOCK (BILL) AND FATHER WILLIAM S ELLIOTT, 12 GRANDCHILDREN, ONE GREAT-

GRANDAUGHTER VICTORIA, TWO NIECES, SIX NEPHEWS, TEN GREAT NIECES, FOUR GREAT NEPHEWS,

TWO GREAT-GREAT NIECES AND ONE GREAT-GREAT NEPHEW.

SHEP WAS A LOVING DAD, PAPA, BROTHER, SON, UNCLE AND FRIEND. HIS PASSION WAS CARPENTRY

AND LOVED SHOWING OFF HIS WORK TO EVERYONE. HIS SECOND PASSION WAS FISHING AND LOVED TO

BE OUT ON THE WATER WHENEVER HE COULD. SHEP WAS THE BIG PROTECTOR OF HIS FAMILY. HE WILL

BE MISSED DEARLY.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS YOU CAN MAKE DONATIONS TO CRYSTAL COAST HOUSE IN NEWPORT, NC.

Graveside Service will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday September 24, 2022 at Bridgeton Cemetery.