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Wilmer Rozell Roper - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Post, April 6, 2010

TALLULAH — Wilmer Rozell Roper died Monday, April 5, 2010, at the Madison Parish Hospital 
in Tallulah. He was 94.

Born in Epps, La., Mr. Roper had lived in Tallulah for 73 years. He was a retired merchant 
and a member of First Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Ellen Roper of Tallulah; two daughters, Ann Roper Powell of Tallulah 
and Wylma Roper Norred of McKinney, Texas; one son, William “Pete” Roper of Tallulah; two sisters, 
Erma Gladys Taylor of Tallulah and Minnie Mary Bullock of Gonzales, La.; a brother, Frank Edward 
Roper of New Orleans; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Tallulah with the Rev. John Rushing 
officiating. Burial will follow at Silver Cross Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight 
at Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home in Tallulah.

Pallbearers will be Paul Meeks, Eric Givens, Grady Erwin Jr., Jim Brown, Larry McKaskill and 
Charles David McKaskill.

Honorary pallbearers will be Skeet Osborne, Charlie Jobe, Dick Brown, Dr. L.P. Neumann Jr. and 
deacons and members of Fellowship Sunday school class at First Baptist Church.