Min. Lorenzo DeVon Pope was born on August 02, 1965, to Nathaniel Pope and Jacqueline Small, in Melbourne, Fl. He was educated in the public school system of Brevard County and graduated in the Class of 1983. Lorenzo was employed with Interfor Corporation located in Baxley, Georgia, for the past 27 1/2 years. Minister Pope was a loyal and faithful member of the Church of God the Bible Way. Lorenzo loved landscaping, basketball, witnessing for the Lord and spending time with his family and friends. On August 18, 2019, God saw that Min. Lorenzo was growing tired of the troubles of this world and called him home to be with the Lord.

Those left to cherish his memories: his loving and devoted wife of 30 years, Glenda Gail Presley-Pope, Baxley, Ga.; his daughters, Lakisha Marie (Randy) Bryant, Baxley, Ga. And Shawnta Pope, Thomasville, Ga.; a young man that he raised as a son, Min. John Presley, Waycross, Ga., his mother, Jacqueline Small, Melbourne, Fl.; his father, Nathaniel Pope, Melbourne, Fl.; his grandparents, Ruby Bradley, Melbourne, Fl., Ad Myra Jordan, Palm Bay, Fl.; his sisters, Marthenia (Lorenzo) Jones, Melbourne, Fl., and Shonna( Shelvick) Nelson, Va.; his brothers, Kevin (Donna) Small, West Melbourne, Fl., Corey Small, Melbourne, Fl., Tyranny (JoAnne) Pope, Orlando, Fl., and Travis (Felicia) Beaver, Palm Bay, Fl.; his uncles, Everard (Ola) Small, Cocoa Beach, Fl., Rudolph Wesley, Melvin (Aquandy) Jordan, Melbourne, Fl., Alvin (Andre’) Jordan, Palm Bay, Fl., Bennie (Della) Melbourne, Fl., Kenny (Joyce) Pope, Palm Bay, Fl., and Alonzo (Marilyn) Pope of Atlanta, Ga.; his aunts, Martha (Michael) Devoe, Melbourne, Fl., Vivian (Pink) Roberts, Palm Bay, Fl., and Anne Jordan of Palm Bay, Fl.; his godmother, Pastor Clara Carter, Cocoa, Fl.; his father in-law, Ben (Katie) Presley, Sr., Baxley, Ga.; his sisters in-law Linda (Denzel) Thomas, Jr., Jesup, Ga., and Martha Presley of Baxley, Ga.; his brother in-law, Ben (Amanda) Presley, Jr., Baxley, Ga., and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives.