Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at Carothers Funeral Home in Gastonia.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Laura Rucker Roper; his sons, James Robert Roper III, Michael Wesley Roper; his grandchildren, Michael Alan Roper, James Wesley Roper, Dominic Michael Roper; his sister, Jerre Craig Garnett, her children, Rev. James Glenn Jones, Robert Glenn Jones; and many beloved family and friends.