BOWDEN – David Roop, 80, passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2014.
Mr. Roop was born September 11, 1933, the son Jessie Barnes “Jett” Roop and the late Bill Roop. He graduated from Bowdon High School and attended Georgia Military Academy and Auburn University. He was retired from Roop Wholesale and was the owner and operator of Bowdon Theater. He was a member of the Bowdon First United Methodist Church, Bowdon Historical Society, and the Duplicate Bridge Club.
Survivors in addition to his mother, include his wife, Nelva Garrett Roop; sons and daughters-in-law, Craig and Cindy Roop, Commerce, Lance and Dale Roop, Pensacola, Fla., and Keith and Marie Roop, Carrollton; grandchildren, Jett Roop, Hunter Roop and his wife, Brittney, Alli Roop, Sidney Roop, and Billy Jack Roop; step grandchildren, Jessica and Nathan Ausborn, Ty and Melissa Lowe, and Lauren McDowell; step great-grandchildren, Madelyn and Dawson Ausborn and Braeden, Zach, and Kasey Lowe; sisters, Patti Roop and Peggy Crawford, and her husband, Keith; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 6, at 2 p.m. at the Bowdon First United Methodist Church. The Revs. Sharon Waters and Kendra Turner will officiate. Entombment will follow at the Bowdon City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, September 5, from 4 to 8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made in David’s memory to the Bowdon First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 187, Bowdon, GA 30108, or the Bowdon Historical Society, 400 Ellenwood Dr., Bowdon, GA 30108.
Messages of condolence can be sent to the family at www.rainwaterfuneralhome.com
Rainwater Funeral Home, Bowdon, is in charge of the arrangements.