Doris Suzette Roper of Gainesville, Fl, passed away at 89 on December 31, 2022. Doris was born the oldest of 11 children in Cedar Key, Fl, to Walter T. Ruth Alford on June 22, 1933.
Doris loved working in the food service industry and, in her later years, was the head cashier at Morrison’s restaurant from when it was in the old Gainesville Mall through its relocation to the Oaks Mall.
Doris enjoyed tending to plants as well as those around her. She loved to crochet and spent time enjoying her family.
Doris is preceded in death by her husband Willam J Roper Sr., parents, Walter T. and Ruth Alford, son, M Wayne Castell; brothers, CD Alford of Ocala, Walter Alford of Ocala, BT Alford of Chicago, Aulton Alford of Mobile, AL, sisters, Danice Lee of Pensacola, Fl, Billie McCain of Palatka, Fl, and Priscilla Dodd of Carbonhill, AL, Delores Clark or Osceola, Iowa.
She is survived by her stepson Willam J. Roper Jr., granddaughter Suzette Sherouse, brother Mark Alford of Reno, Nevada, and sister Wanda Keck of Ocala,Fl, and great-grandsons, Dillion and Carson Sherouse of Gainesville, FL, and many nieces, nephews, cousins, 27 grandchildren, and 32 great-grandchildren, and 20 plus great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Wed. January 18, 2023, at Forest Meadows East, 3700 SE Hawthorne Rd. Gainesville, Fl 32641. Arrangements are in the care of Milam Funeral Home, 311 S Main Street, Gainesville, Fl 32601.
