Mary Lee Roper
August 19, 1927 - September 14, 2019
Mary Lee Roper, 92 of Walnut Ridge, died September 14, 2019 in the Lawrence Hall Nursing Center. Born August 19, 1927 in Alicia, daughter of the late, William Ott and Effie Elizabeth Porter Cagle. She was of the Baptist Faith and lifelong resident of Lawrence County. Mary worked as a housewife, a farmhand harvesting crops, and she loved most of all being a mother and doing childcare, babysitting for others. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Morgan; two brothers, Junior and Phillip Cagle and one sister, Wanda Lee Wilson. Survivors include four daughters; Mary Darlene (Donald Ray) Hensley of Hoxie, Carolyn (Simmons) Cummings, Phyllis Fay Sheets and Penny (Rick) Baker all of Walnut Ridge; one son, Phillip Ray (Virginia) Roper of Walnut Ridge; a grandson raised as her son, Billy David (Carmen) Roper of Hoxie; ten grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; one great great grandchild and many other relatives and friends. Funeral Service will be Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 11 A.M. in the Bryan Chapel with Bro. Gene Cullum officiating. Pallbearers will be Rickey, Jimmy and Tyler Simmons, Billy Roper, Brandon Rone, Anthony and Jeremy Sheets. Interment will follow in the Strangers Home Cemetery in Alicia. Visitation will be from 10 A.M. till the time of the service.
Mary Lee Roper, 92 of Walnut Ridge, died September 14, 2019 in the Lawrence Hall Nursing Center. Born August 19, 1927 in Alicia, daughter of the late, William Ott and Effie Elizabeth Porter Cagle. She was of the Baptist Faith and lifelong... View Obituary & Service Information