Dick Poplin

Richard Rufus Poplin

Funeral services for Richard Rufus "Dick" Poplin, 87, of Shelbyville were Thursday, July 6, 2006, at 1 p.m. at Eastside Church of Christ with Bro. Frank Butler and Bro. Bill Cavender officiating. Interment was in Willow Mount Cemetery. Doak-Howell Funeral Home was in charge of the service.

Mr. Poplin died Monday, July 3, 2006. He was a native of Bedford County. He was a member of the Eastside Church of Christ, where he served as an elder for many years. He was well remembered for his weekly article, "Scraps of Poplin," published in the Shelbyville Times Gazette, author of three nostalgia books and editor of the Bedford County Historical Society, a former board member of the Argie Cooper Library and the Bedford County Hospital. He retired in 1976 as the assistant postmaster for the Shelbyville Post Office after 34 years of service.

Survivors include his daughters, Beverly and husband, Esmon West of Lewisburg and Bettye and husband, Bobby Prosser of Dickson; second wife, Helen Jackson Poplin of Arlington, Texas; nine grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, William A.J. Poplin and Sally "Sadie" Jordan Brown Poplin; first wife of 56 years, Sybil Russell Poplin; brothers, Glyde and Thomas Poplin; and sisters, Mattie Cortner and Mary Vance McQuaig.

Memorials may be made to A Sera Care Hospice, Eastside Church of Christ, Argie Cooper Public Library or any cancer fund.

Published in the Dickson (TN) Herald on 7 July 2006.