THOMASTON NATIVE BOBBY POPE, AGE 76 PASSED AWAY SEPT. 6TH AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. BOBBY STARTED HIS BROADCASTING CAREER IN THOMASTON RADIO AT WSFT THEN WENT TO MACON AS SPORTS DIRECTOR OF CHANNEL 13 TV AND WMAZ RADIO.
HE WAS NAMED MERCER UNIVERSITY'S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IN 1989 AND SERVED FOR 21 YEARS. POPE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE THOMASTON-UPSON SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN 2009, THE GEORGIA RADIO HALL OF FAME IN 2016 AND THE GA. SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN 2020.
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