1931
Lincoln
2009
Lincoln Roop
March 30, 1931 — February 4, 2009
ROOP, LINCOLN L. ‘SARGE’, age 77, of Blacksburg, VA passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at his home.
A U.S. Army Retired Master Sergeant with over twenty years of service, including the Army Security Agency, Europe. He received the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service in 1968. Lincoln was a member of the Dublin United Methodist Church, a lifetime member of the DAV Chapter 29, Christiansburg, a lifetime member of the VFW Post 1184, Pulaski and a member of the VFW Honor Guard.
The son of the late Trigg J. and Pearl Akers Roop, he is survived by his wife, Eleanor S. Roop; children, Debra Neves and husband, Dick, Pamela Vaught and husband, Michael, Samuel Roop and wife, Linda; grandchildren, Christopher Jordan, Lincoln Roop, and Matthew Vaught; a sister, Gae Hedge.
The family wishes to express special thanks to PCH staff and physicians, MRH-ER and PCU staff, Drs. Wilder, White, Solomon and Evers, special friends, John Riddle, Mary Turpin and Terri Rose.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Saturday, Feb, 7, at the Horne Funeral Service, Christiansburg, VA. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at the Dublin United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Bill Rowland with interment to follow in Highland Memory Gardens. Military graveside rites will be conducted by VFW Post 1184, Pulaski.
A U.S. Army Retired Master Sergeant with over twenty years of service, including the Army Security Agency, Europe. He received the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service in 1968. Lincoln was a member of the Dublin United Methodist Church, a lifetime member of the DAV Chapter 29, Christiansburg, a lifetime member of the VFW Post 1184, Pulaski and a member of the VFW Honor Guard.
The son of the late Trigg J. and Pearl Akers Roop, he is survived by his wife, Eleanor S. Roop; children, Debra Neves and husband, Dick, Pamela Vaught and husband, Michael, Samuel Roop and wife, Linda; grandchildren, Christopher Jordan, Lincoln Roop, and Matthew Vaught; a sister, Gae Hedge.
The family wishes to express special thanks to PCH staff and physicians, MRH-ER and PCU staff, Drs. Wilder, White, Solomon and Evers, special friends, John Riddle, Mary Turpin and Terri Rose.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Saturday, Feb, 7, at the Horne Funeral Service, Christiansburg, VA. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at the Dublin United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Bill Rowland with interment to follow in Highland Memory Gardens. Military graveside rites will be conducted by VFW Post 1184, Pulaski.
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