Biography

Elizabeth Esther "Bettie" Howell was the daughter of Robert S. Howell and Nancy E. Gatling Howell. She was born in Southampton County, Virginia circa 1863. She had 6 children.

Bettie passed away December 20, 1931 at St. Vincents Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia from pulmonary tuberculosis. It is believed that she is buried next to her husband Simon Titus Pope at "The Homestead" near Capron, Virginia.

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