Graveside services for Hilton Pope, Sr., age 80 of Dublin, will be held at 11:00AM on Monday, January 23, 2012 at Northview Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Hutto will officiate. Mr. Pope was born in Laurens County. He was the son of the late Reba Payne Pope and the late Carl Pope, and step-mother, the late Leola Daniels Pope. He was the owner and operator of Builders Concrete Products, Inc. from 1976 until 2000. He served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1953, completing basic training in Columbus, Georgia and serving as a sergeant in the Korean War. Mr. Pope was a member of Marie Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Pat Pope. Mr. Pope passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012. He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Sarah Ellen Pope; son, Irvin (Debbie) Pope; daughter, Donna (Larry) Wilkes; grandchildren, Nikki (Eric) Allen, Mandy (Tom) Gilder, Michael (Brittany Starley) Pope, Lauri (Jason) Bullen and Matthew (Robbie) Wilkes; great-grandchildren, Tinley Allen, Laney Allen, Gracie Wood, Maggie Wood, R.T. Gilder V, McKinley Wilkes, Sam Bullen and Owen Bullen; brothers and sisters, Jimmy Pope, Thelma (Thurman) Foskey, Glenda (Ronnie) Rowland, Douglas (Dianne) Pope and Ricky (Jan) Pope and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Matthew Wilkes, Michael Pope, Sammie Smith, Tom Gilder, Eric Allen and Buddy Wade. The family will receive friends on Sunday afternoon from 4:00PM until 6:00PM at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Marie Baptist Church, 589 Perry Dairy Road, Dublin, GA 31021.