Jenette Weston Pope (Gram) was born in Clayton, Alabama, on April 26, 1937 to Elmer Eugene and Dorothy Hovey Weston. She passed away On Thursday, May 12, 2022. Her brother James Franklin Weston was born on her birthday 2 years later. She was very involved in church at an early age and aspired to be a foreign missionary. In 1955, she married Albert McLendon in a small church in Clayton, Alabama. Their daughter Donna was born in 1959 and Deanna was born 13 months later in 1960. Being a military family, they moved every few years and lived in Texas, Arizona, Alabama, England, and Massachusetts. In 1973 they settled in Satsuma, Alabama, where they purchased their first home, which was the home she lived in until she moved to assisted living. During those years, Jenette worked at Mobile College and for the US Army Corp of Engineers. In 1989, she married Roy Pope and they lived happily for 27 years until Roy passed away in 2016. For over 36 years, she taught Sunday School and shared her love of Jesus. She lived at Dauphin Way Assisted Living for the past 2 years where she came to love the staff. She loved people and always saw the best in them and believed that her life was completely in God’s hands.
She is preceded in death by her parents Elmer and Dorothy Weston, her husband Roy Pope, and her brother James Franklin Weston. She is survived by her two daughters Donna (David) Salter, Deanna (George) Beck; 5 grandchildren: Nicole (Ryan) White, Chelsea (Josh) Rogers, Natalie (Shawn) Lewis, Justin (Sara) Beck, Hilary (Andrew) Crane; 7 great grandchildren: Judah White, Rozalyn White, Evelyn Lewis, Campbell Rogers, Parker Beck, Paxton Crane, Walker Lewis, and baby Rogers due in November.
Pallbearers are Justin Beck, Ryan White, Josh Rogers, Shawn Lewis, Andrew Crane, and Clint Cook. Visitation will be held at Radney Funeral Home in Saraland, Alabama, on Wednesday, May 18 from 9:00 until 11:00 a.m. Funeral services will begin at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Pastors Ed Litton, Billy Graham, and Scott White from Redemption Church will be officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.RadneyFuneralHome-Saraland.com for the Pope family.
