Nellie Roper

Greenville, SC-Nellie Lee Ingle Roper, age 88, went home to be with the Lord Friday, February 13, 2004 at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, SC after an extended illness.

She was a native of Haywood County and was the daughter of the late Clay and Etta Mae Parham Ingle. She was married to Fred Rayman Roper who died in 1967 and was a member of North Canton Baptist Church.

She is survived by a daughter, Juanita Clark of Greenville, SC, a son, Charles Roper of Canton, 7 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 16, 2004 at the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Homes & Cremation Services. Reverend Milton Hollifield and Reverend Dr. Stan Craig will officiate. Burial will follow at Bon-A-Venture Cemetery on Newfound Road. The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Haywood County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1275, Canton, NC 28716.

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