Authorities Search For Missing Lee County Man

LEE CO., Miss. (WCBI) – Authorities are searching for a Lee County resident who went missing after he stopped in at a convenience store.

Above is video from a security camera at a Fast-lane on Birmingham Ridge Road. The man in the video is 79-year-old John Lewis Roper.

He went missing after he left this store around 10:30am Monday morning. The Fast-lane is located on Birmingham Ridge Road and County Road 681.

Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson says Roper has Alzheimers.

If know where Mr. Roper is, you are asked to call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 662-841-9040.