Roscewell Charles Roop 1949 Bridgewater Bulletin Published: June 22, 1949. The town of Bridgewater was saddened on Monday to hear of the passing of one of its citizens, Roscewell Charles Roop, whose death occurred at the D.M. Hospital, after a lingering illness. A son of the late Israel Wallace and Effie Morrison Roop, he was born in Springfield, Annapolis County on May 19, 1892, but had lived in Bridgewater for the past thirty years. Mr. Roop was an employee of the Canadian National Railway and a member of the Brotherhood of R.R. Conductors. He was also a member of Acacia Lodge, A.F.& A.M. and of the Philae Temple Shrine, Halifax. Mr. Roop was well known throughout the South Shore and leaves many friends to mourn their loss. His wife, the former Bessie Douglas, daughter of Mrs. Agnes Douglas and the late J.A. Douglas, of Caledonia and his sister, Miss Nellie Roop of Charleston, West Virginia are his immediate surviving relatives. Funeral services will be held from the residence on Alexandra Avenue at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, conducted by Rev. D.L.Kennedy, pastor of the United Baptist Church, with which the deceased was associated.