Mrs. Darlene Underwood Roop, 74, of Critz passed away at the Woltz Hospice Home in Dobson, North Carolina after a brief stay prior to her death on August 16, 2024.
Darlene was born to Gilbert Calvin and Estelle Roberson Underwood on October 6, 1949. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-two years last year, Harvey Roop.
Darlene retired as credit manager from Bassett Mirror Company after forty-six years of service in 2016 to join Harvey and to happily keep and spend time with her only grandson, Parker before he started school.
Surviving Darlene to cherish her memory are her daughter, Andrea Amos and husband Mike; her son Adam Roop and wife Alicia; and her grandson Parker and his girlfriend Kendra Worley; also grandpups Tucker, Nyla and Goose. Also surviving are her brothers, Gerald Underwood (Marie) and Doyle Underwood (Mary Grace); sister-in-law Debra Burge (Jerry); bonus grandchildren Amanda and Rob Higgins, Brandon Amos; bonus great-grandchildren Riley Higgins, Lilli Higgins, Mason Duncan and Willow Bousman; numerous nieces and nephews, cousins, special neighbors and special life-long friends.
Darlene was a loving, endearing, protective mother and grandmother; she was a faithful Christian lady of the Brethren faith, with a servant’s heart, always thinking of and doing for those special to her. She had a determination and drive to courageously fight cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct liver cancer) over the last few years until progression over the past month. This strong determination and drive became even more powerful in her last year of life; spending all her time and making memories with her family, keeping the roads hot, while checking items off her “to-do lists” until she was no longer able.
A visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Collins Funeral Home, 30 Riverside Hwy., Bassett VA. Funeral service will follow in the chapel of Collins Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at 11 a.m. with her cousin, Rev. Dr. JD Harmon, officiating. Interment will in Patrick Memorial Gardens, Stuart, VA.
As per his Grandma’s request, in lieu of flowers she requested that memorials be made to the scholarship fund set up for Parker Roop to further his education, c/o Adam Roop 1621 Hollandsworth Drive, Bassett VA 24055.
Our sincerest gratitude and thanks to all those within Mountain Valley Hospice and the Woltz Hospice Home for their care and unwavering support during the last several months, especially in the final week of life for our beloved mother, mother-in-law and grandma.
Pallbearers will be Adam Roop, Parker Roop, Mike Amos, Gerald Underwood, Doyle Underwood, Ronnie Bowles, Andy Wiggington, and Ashton Wiggington.
Online condolences at www.collinsmckeestonebassett.com. Collins Funeral Home is respectfully serving the Roop family.
