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Edward Barnett Pope was born in Washington Georgia on September 5th 1913. He was the second son of Marion Pembroke Pope and Elizabeth Willis Barnett Pope. His older brother Pembroke died in 1916 of Tyfoid fever. William Alexander Pope was born in 1918 as the third and final child. Edward graduated from Washington-Wilkes High School and took a senior class at Darlington Academy due to no senior classes were offered in Washington. After his graduation he attended Emory University and followed an Electrical degree (the last class of graduation from Emory - 1936). With an electric degree Edward took a job with General Electric in New York and worked several years working in the north. Before Edward could settle down with a family World War 2 had come into his life and Edward joined the navy. He was based in Norfolk VA during the war and helped with the enginering department. He was known for his help in the designing of the aircraft carrier elevator supports used to lift the planes from the different levels. During the war he met and married Ruth Taylor Carney from Churchland VA. After the war his love of the south and family brought Edward back to Washington. He worked in the family businesses under his father keeping the Pope Lumber and Pope Cattle businesses in full swing. He soon felt a pull to run for mayor of Washington trying to clean up the sewage systems of Wilkes County since his brothers death was caused by the water. In 1955 he ran and won at the age of 42. Edward had built a home on Spring Street earlier in 1951 and continued living there until 1977 when he moved to Liberty Street to repair an ancestoral home of his grandfather's. He sold his old house to his daughter and went full force into restoring an almost two hundred year old home.