Ricky Lupo

Ricky Brisson Lupo, age 58, of Whiteville (formally of Bladenboro), died Friday, March 12, 2010 at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital. He is preceded in death by his father Henry Jerome Lupo; brothers Robin Lynn Gooden and Jerry Lee Gooden; and step-father Jesse Lee Gooden.



He is survived by his wife Valeria Butler Lupo; mother Eloise Brisson Edwards and her husband Cecil Edwards of Calabash; son David Lupo of Boone; brothers Michael Wayne Lupo of GA and Kevin Lupo stationed in Afganistan, Randy Joe Gooden of Bladenboro and Mark Gooden of Elizabethtown; sisters Roselyn Todd and Denice Gooden of Bladenboro and Phyllis Townsend of Rockingham and Renee Bain of Hope Mills; and step-mother Jeanette Lupo.



Ricky was a veteran of the U.S. Marines. He was an expert with rifles and was stationed in Camp Lejeune and in California. He was a life member of DAV Chapter 20, a loving husband and father.



The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. at Bladen-Gaskins Funeral Home. The service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the Funeral Home officiated by Rev. James Hester and Rev. Jimmy Tatum. Burial will be at Memory Lane Cemetery in Bladenboro.