Richard Rape
Posted: August 30, 2016
WEST POINT — Richard Rape, 71, died Aug. 29, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Calvert Funeral Home with Zane Parker II officiating. Burial will follow in Enon/Big Springs Cemetery near Cedar Bluff. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Rape was born Dec. 22, 1944, to the late Sherman Lee and Dolly Agnes Bressler Rape Sr. He was previously employed with West Point Fire Department and as a truck driver for Clay County District 3. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Ida Bess Langford Rape; son, Richie Rape; sisters, Dorothy Jean Norwood, Mildred Bailey and Mary Burkholder; and brothers, John Melvin Rape, Noel E. Rape and Roy Lee Rape. He is survived by his wife, Brenda C. Rape; daughter, Chelsea Rape of West Point; son, Austin Rape of West Point; and brother, Sherman Lee Rape Jr. of Greenwood. Pallbearers will be Kenny Wilkerson, Nathan Osburn, Rick Gibson, Dillan Gibson, Ken Wilbourne and Reginald Gardner. Memorials may be made to Enon/Big Springs Cemetery Fund, C/O Mrs. Margie Cartee, 10749 Hwy. 50 W., Cedar Bluff, MS 39741.