Linda Kaye Paulk Pope of Ocilla, Georgia, died Friday, January 8, 2021, at University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Graveside services will be private at Satilla Baptist Church with Rev. William Pope officiating.
Linda Kaye was born October 16, 1948, to the late Clarence Howard & Karleen Harper Paulk. She graduated from Valdosta State University in Education and later formed a business of selling and supporting accounting software. Her greatest accomplishment in business was her expertise and support of the RMI Group companies which now afford approximately 500 jobs.
She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Donald A. Pope, Sr.; two daughters: Linda Thompson of Screven, Georgia and Sherry Pope of Ocilla, Georgia; one son, D.A. Pope, Jr. of Ocilla, Georgia; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, Howard Lott Paulk (Lorraine); and one nephew, John Paulk (Chelsea) of Wray, Georgia.
The family suggests those desiring to send memorials may send them to RMI Helping Hands Fund supporting research in intricate limb surgeries. To donate online, please visit www.pennmedicine.org/RMIHandFund. Checks may be made out to Penn Medicine with RMI Helping Hands Fund on an enclosed note and mailed to Penn Medicine Development, c/o Allyse Orsini, 3535 Market Street, Ste 750, Philadelphia PA 19104.