Monday, June 18, 2012, at home. He was 61 and a commercial fisherman. He will be missed by all in the community and also among fellow commercial fishermen up and down the East Coast.
He was preceded in death by his father, Walter Glenwood Popperwill Sr. and his grandson, Gregory Allen Price III.
He is survived by his mother, Audrey Popperwill Lupton and husband, Ray, of Lowland; two daughters, Pam Ireland and husband, Ivan, and Michelle P. Price, both of Lowland; son, Walter "Glen" Popperwill III, of Cape May, N.J.; brother, Terry D. Popperwill of Grantsboro; sister, Patricia Gail Taylor of Lowland; 10 grandchildren, Sabra, Ambra and Talon Nethercutt, Victoria, Noelle, Emily and Elizabeth Price, Layla and Ava Ireland and Hudson Shipman; step-granddaughter, Alexis Ireland; two great-grandchildren, Harli Nethercutt and Camden Centers; and three step-great-grandchildren, Cassidy Ireland, Addie Haines and Abigail Cahoon.
A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, June 22, at Lowland Community Cemetery with the Rev. Blaney Rowe and the Rev. H. M. Parsons officiating. The family will receive friends and relatives from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday night at the funeral home and at other times at the home of his mother, 5889 Lowland Rd.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggested memorial donations be made to Bryant Funeral Home, PO Box 99, Alliance, NC 28509.
Arrangements are by Bryant Funeral Home & Crematory, Alliance.
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