Judy Arrowood Roper

Judy Arrowood Roper, 71, of Morganton, NC went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 22, 2013 at the Burke Palliative Care Center. Born in Canton OH on January 3, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Donald Charles Arrowood and Frankie Reep Arrowood. Judy was a member of Gibb’s Chapel Wesleyan Church where she served as Assistant Sunday School Secretary. She graduated from Glen Alpine High School in 1960 and attended Western Piedmont Community College where she was president of the Student Government Association and graduated Phi Theta Kappa with an associate’s degree in Art and Fine Arts. Mrs. Roper was a member of the Glen Alpine Women’s Club and was a chairman of the International Affairs Department. She is survived by her husband, Joe Eddy Roper of the home; sons, Alan Roper and his wife, Debra, G., of Morganton, Vince Roper and his wife, Regina, of Morganton; and Gannon Roper of the home; sisters, Donella Dagerhardt of Morganton, Frances Guszczo of Miami, FL and Lynn Smith of Morganton; grandsons, Grayson, Gavin, and Wade Roper and numerous nieces and nephews.In addition to her parents, Judy was preceded in death by her grandparents, Frank and Cora Jane "Bessie" Reep and Henry and Hannah Arrowood.The funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Gibb’s Chapel Wesleyan Church with the Reverends Roger Bracket and David Orders officiating. Burial will follow at Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center where the body will remain until placed in the church thirty minutes prior to the service.Memorial contributions may be made to Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., 1721 Enon Road, Valdese, NC 28690.