Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bishop, Dollie O., 1935 

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DOLLIE ODELIA BISHOP

   Miss Dolly Odelia Bishop, died at the residence of her sister, Mrs. A.M. 
Story, in Portsmouth Saturday, March 16, after a long illness. She was the 
daughter of the late Thomas A. and Mrs. Delia Story Bishop of Southampton 
County.

   Besides Mrs. Story she is survived by three other sisters, Mrs. R.H. Andrews 
of Boykins, Mrs. P.B. Richardson of Newark, N.J., and Mrs. S.A. Fitchett of 
Portsmouth; one brother, B.P. Bishop of Arlington, N.J. and a number of nieces 
and nephews and a large family connection in this county.

   Ever faithful to her family, especially an invalid mother for five years, and 
to her church she will be greatly missed.

   Funeral services were conducted from Mt. Horeb Church of which she had been a 
faithful member since her childhood, by her Pastor, Rev. J.K. Holman, assisted 
by the Rev. Roy Jarratt of Portsmouth, Monday afternoon. Active pallbearers were 
friends of the family.

   A large crowd was present from the community and Portsmouth and many 
beautiful floral tributes bore witness of the love and esteem of friends and 
loved ones. The casket was covered with a pall of carnations, rosebuds and fern. 
Burial was made in the family plot in the church cemetery.


[Dollie Odelia BISHOP, d. 16 Mar 1935, Portsmouth, 
 interred in Mt. Horeb Church Cemetery*, 18 Mar 1935, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 22, 1935] 

[*SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. II-8: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt] 

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