Ms. Mary E. Phelps, 85, of 2776 Woodlawn Road, Roper, died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, at Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin, Va. A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, at First Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church with minister Dawnette Phelps officiating. Burial follows in the church’s cemetery. The family will be receiving friends at the home. Visitation is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, at Toodle’s Funeral Home, Plymouth, which is in charge of arrangements.