Virginia Page Roper After a brief illness, Mrs. Roper, aged 96, heard the call of her Lord and Savior and at her residence in St. Augustine, FL, joined Him in Heaven on November 8, 2014. She was born in W. Helena, AR on June 19, 1918 to Charles and Chloe Page, the second of four children. Following a family move to Oklahoma, she skipped a grade in school, graduating at 16 where she attended two years at Oklahoma A&M, now known as Oklahoma State University. The family moved to Memphis, TN where Mrs. Roper began a career that spanned over 60 years as a legal secretary. Mrs. Roper was a member of the Memphis, Tennessee and National Associations of Legal Secretaries since 1974. She was recognized for her service as a role model, mentor and educator, to a Life Membership in the Tennessee Association of Legal Secretaries (TALS) by a Resolution on July 26, 1996. Mrs. Roper was an excellent seamstress and enjoyed quilting and needlework. She had beautiful handwriting, took the most perfect shorthand in her legal profession, and was meticulous and deliberate in all endeavors. She wrote beautiful, moving and spiritual poetry and recently completed a compilation of her life''s poetic writings, passing her poems out to family and friends, shortly before her death. Mrs. Roper was a devout Christian, was filled with the Holy Spirit and loved her Lord Jesus. She was never angry or sad and was patient, kind and loving. In her work and witness for the Lord, she taught Sunday School for many years and at different churches. At the time of her death, she was a member of Fruit Cove Baptist Church, St John''s FL. She was predeceased by her parents, brothers, sister, a host of aunts and uncles and one infant daughter. Knowing she is secure in the arms of Christ is comfort to those who, here on earth, mourn her death and the loss of her sweet smile and touch, and her gentle spirit. She leaves her only surviving child, Sherrill R. Summers (James), two grandchildren, Rebecca S. Tessaro and John W. Summers, two great-grandchildren, Madalyn and Anna Tessaro, sister-in-law Erma C. Page, nephews Charles and Alan Page, niece Sue R. Coleman, cousins Sallie Horn and Janie Garland and many friends. Her family thanks the people at River Garden Home, Jacksonville, FL and Community Hospice of Northeast Florida for their selfless service in their most respectful and compassionate care for Mrs. Roper. Funeral Services will be 12-2 p.m. visitation, followed by a 2 p.m. service at Forest Hills Midtown in Memphis TN on Saturday, November 15, 2014 followed by a Memorial Service at Fruit Cove Baptist Church, St Johns, FL on Wednesday, November 19, 2014. Memorial donations are requested to be made to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida.

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