Yopp, Jerry Lee

Jerry Lee Yopp, 64, of Check, Va., died Saturday, June 14, 2008. He was a loving husband, father and pawpaw.

He was also honorably discharged as a staff sergeant with the United States Army, he retired after 25 years of service with the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department as a Deputy and Chief Investigator. He was a member of Mount Union Church of the Brethren where he served as a Deacon for many years.

Mr. Yopp was preceded in death by his parents, Garnett and Eunice Yopp; brothers, Michael, Doug, Gorden and Larry; and sister, Ann. Surviving are his wife, Betty Gearline Guilliams Yopp; children, Timothy and Donna Yopp, Laurie and Perry West, and Kristie and Eric Greenman; seven grandchildren, Mason and Makenna Yopp, Madison and Garrett Greenman, Ethan, Carson and Emma West; sisters and their spouses, Patty and Phillip Hodges, Linda and Ronnie Harden, and Lucille Deweese; brothers and their spouse, Billy and Alice Yopp, and Raymond Yopp; brother-in-law, Walter Holland; sister-in-law, Joyce Yopp; and was also an uncle to his many nieces and nephews.

The family wishes to offer a special thanks to Gail Foster, Vicky Stuart and the staff of Southern Care Hospice, very special thanks to Dr. Marie Malinchak and staff for their support and care during his illness, and special thanks to the dialysis staff for their special care.

Funeral services will be conducted from Mount Union Church of the Brethren at 10 a.m. Monday, June 16, 2008, with the Rev. Greg Fleshman and the Rev. Warren Brown officiating. Interment will follow in the Yopp Family Cemetery.

Flowers will be accepted or the family request that donations be made to the American National Kidney Foundation. His family will be receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 15, 2008, at Flora Funeral Service, 665 South Main St., Rocky Mount. www.florafuneralservice.com.