Noel Rape
Posted: October 28, 2012
WEST POINT — Noel E. Rape, 77, died Oct. 26, 2012, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Services are Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Roy Myers officiating. Burial will follow in Palestine Cemetery in Montpelier. Visitation is Monday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Rape was born May 11, 1935, in Chickasaw County, to the late Dolly Bressler Rape and Sherman Lee Rape. He was a sub contractor for 4 County Electric Power and retired from White Construction Company. He was a member of West End Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine Inez Cliett Rape; siblings, Mildred Bailey, Mary Burkholder, Dorothy Norwood and Roy Rape. He is survived by his brothers, John Rape of Jackson, Sherman Rape of Greenwood, and Richard Rape of West Point; and special friend, Mona Weaver of West Point. Pallbearers will be Marshall Wayne Miller, James Fowler, Dale Wilson, Michael Wilson, Sam Wiggs and Ronnie Robinson. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 8217, Jackson, MS 39284; or to West End Baptist Church, P.O. Box 388, West Point, MS 39773.