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- Mrs. Myrta Ann Tope, 81 Found Dead at Home
Mrs. Myrta Ann Tope, 81, widow of Wilson Tope was found dead at her home in Centenary at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday. She had been in her usual health over the weekend when her son George Tope visited her. They had called on friends and relatives Sunday afternoon and returning home had eaten an evening lunch before the son returned to Huntington. It is presumed that Mrs. Tope died shortly after her son left and the time is placed at between 6 and 8 p.m. A neighbor Mrs. Virgil Carter having failed to see Mrs. Tope about went to investigate Tuesday and found her sitting in a chair, with the lunch dishes still on the table and the television on.
Dr. J. Gordon Gibert, acting county coroner returned a verdict of death from natural causes.
Mrs. Tope was born in Gallia county, Sept. 2, 1873, the daughter of Charles Jefferson and Charity Ann
Woodruff Chick. She was one of six children of whom two sisters survive, Mrs. Cleve Davis, Columbus
and Mrs. Mabel Eisnaugle, Jackson.
The deceased spent most of her life in the Centenary community. On March 14, 1906 she was married to
Wilson Tope, who died in 1937. To this union three children were born, a daughter who died in infancy and
the two surviving children are Master Sgt. George Tope, former county representative and now an instructor
in military science, Marshall college, and Enos Tope, who is engaged in farming near Lima. Delbert Tope
is a surviving grandson.
Mrs. Tope was an exemplary citizen and was devoted to her family. She was a member of Grace Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held at Miller's Home for Funerals at 2 p.m., Thursday, with Rev. Billy Grabeel, Christainsburg, a former Gallia county minister officiating. Burial will follow in the White cemetery. Friends
may call at Miller's Wednesday evening and until the funeral hour.
Unknown publication in Brossard Library in Gallipolis 6-1955 Submitted by Charles & Fran Longsdorf,
Midland, MI
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1873 - 1955 (81 years)
