Ed Pope

(From Derfelt Funeral Home)

William Edward “Ed” Pope was born on May 10, 1942 to Pauline and William “Billie” Pope. He passed away on August 13, 2019 .

Ed Pope grew up in Kansas City, KS and graduated from Rosedale HS in 1961. He and his father, Billie, ran the Phillips 66 station on Rainbow Boulevard in Fairway, Kansas for several years. He then worked for A.B. May before was called to the ministry in 1975 and initially served as the youth director at 1stSouthern Baptist Church in Overland Park for 2 years before attending Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

He began his service as the pastor at 1st Baptist Church in Polo, Missouri in 1978. From there he also pastored churches in Rose Hill, Kansas; Wilson, Arkansas; Riverton, Kansas; and returned to Polo, Missouri for another 4 years. He was then commissioned by the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board to work as an associational missionary for the states of South Dakota, North Dakota, Western States, and the Smoky Hills Association. After his “retirement” he served as pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Miami, Oklahoma; along with stints as interim pastor in Mound Valley, Kansas; Riverton, Kansas and Oswego, Kansas. During his time in the ministry, he conducted numerous weddings, funerals and led numerous revivals. He led large numbers of people to Christ and baptized them in his various ministries. His hobbies included classic cars, bird hunting and woodworking.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Marilyn Pope and two children; Bill Pope (Lesa) of Overland Park, Kansas and Susie Nowlin (Ron) of Riverton, Kansas; in addition to his sister, Charlotte Yoch (Charley) of Shawnee, Kansas. As well as four grandchildren, Ryan and Hallie Pope and Caitlin and Lexi Nowlin.

Services will be held on Friday, August 16 with Visitation at 100pm and the funeral to follow at 200pm at Calvary Baptist Church in Columbus, KS. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Gideons International. www.gideons.org