Mr. Richard Rudolph Pope, Jr. age 90 of Winfield, Alabama went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 19, 2023. Mr. Pope was born on August 29, 1932 in Talladega, Alabama to Richard Rudolph Pope, Sr. and Thelma Ladessa Lewis Pope. Mr. Pope was a member of the Winfield Church of Christ. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War with the Sixth Navel Command. Mr. Pope was an entrepreneur, owning many different businesses through the years, including the Bel-Air Hotel in Panama City Beach, FL, and a grocery store on the beach. He made a career in selling cars and working with his bother at Rick Pope Motor Sports-BMW in Tuscaloosa and at Fike’s Chevrolet in Hamilton. Mr. Pope was a diehard Alabama Crimson Tide fan, never missing a game. He always took an active role and enjoyed helping his daughter with his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mr. Pope was a loving, kind, and caring man with a very infectious personality; he never met a stranger. He loved his Lord, his family, and his country. He was a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and brother.

Mr. Pope is survived by his daughter, Ericka Pope Spann, (Keven Harris), his grandchildren, Andrew Dwight Spann, Erin Spann Wytiaz (Bryan), Richard Drake Spann (Kristin) great grandchildren, Jordan, Caroline, Skylar, Penelope and Jaxon, his brother, Steve Pope (Dawn) nieces and nephews, Dewitt Dixon Pope, Jr. (Kathy), Rebecca Lynn Pope, David Pope (Kathryn), Neal Pope (Dawn), Andrea Pope Shannon (Mike) Derek Pope and Josh Pope and a host of church family and close family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Eleanor Anne Gaither Pope, his father, Richard Rudolph Pope, Sr., stepmother, Faye Pope, mother, Thelma Ladessa Lewis Pope, brothers, Dewitt Dixon “Buddy” Pope, Sr., Ricky Pope, and Jimmy Pope.

Funeral services for Mr. Pope will be held on Friday, June 23, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel, a graveside service will follow in the Winfield City Cemetery with Military Honors. The visitation will be held on Friday from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. service time at the funeral home.

Bowen Funeral Home of Winfield, Alabama serving the Pope family.