March 26, 70, 
Willie Cecil “W.C.” Pope, 70, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017 at Kitty Askins Hospice Center.
W.C. was born in Wayne County on November 4, 1945 to the late Cecil and Louise Bradshaw Pope. He had retired from Carolina Telephone Company and was a member of the Goldsboro Elks Lodge #139 B.P.O.E. W.C. will be remembered for being an avid fisherman.
Graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery with Pastor Rick Mondell officiating. The family will greet friends immediately following the service at the cemetery.
W.C. is survived by his son, Jeff Hood and wife Debbie of Goldsboro; sisters, Judy Musgrave and husband Don of Pikeville and Peggy Barnes of Snow Hill; two grandchildren, Jeffrey Hood and David Hood; and two great-grandchildren, Aiden Hood and Riley Hood.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Kitty Askins Hospice Center, 107 Handley Park Court, Goldsboro, NC 27534.