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HAROLD  G.  ROPER  SR.


 

Harold G. Roper Sr., 62, of Marble died Saturday (Dec. 22, 2007) in a Murphy medical center. A native and lifetime resident of Cherokee County, he was the son of the late John Harley and Ella Mae Passmore Roper.  He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the United States Air Force.  Harold was self-employed in the tool & die industry and was a member of the Andrews First Baptist Church where he had served as deacon and Sunday School teacher.


He was preceded in death by a brother, John Warren Roper.
 
Surviving are his wife, Linda Aleen Parrish Roper;  a daughter, Nora Cutshaw and husband, Scott of Shelton, WA;  a son, Harold G. Roper Jr. and wife, Teresa of Marble;  four brothers, Harley Gentry Roper of Kernersville, NC, Paul Buster Roper of Winston Salem, NC, and Roy Joel Roper and Kenneth Monroe Roper both of Topton;  and five grandchildren, Megan Cutshaw, Kristen and Matthew Roper, and Courtney and Cullen Toole.
 
Funeral services at 2:00 PM Thursday (Dec. 27) in the Andrews First Baptist Church with the Rev. Fred Lunsford officiating.  Interment in Red Marble Baptist Cemetery. Pallbearers: Charles and Andrew Bateman, Danny Moore, Keith Wood, Harlace Sealy, and Robert Taylor.
 
The family will receive friends from 12-1:45 Thursday afternoon at the Andrews First Baptist Church prior to the services.
 
Ivie Funeral Home, Andrews in charge of all arrangements.
 

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