Surry-Sussex-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bishop, Hattie A. Skinner, 1983 

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HATTIE ARMECIA SKINNER BISHOP 

  DENDRON - Mrs. Hattie Skinner Bishop, 94, died Tuesday in the Johnson House 
for Adults, Suffolk.

  Born in Nansemond County, she was the oldest member of Dendron United Church 
of Christ.

  Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. L. Thurman Williams of Dendron and 
Mrs. Ruth B. Morey of Forrest Heights, Md.; a sister, Mrs. Anne S. Gregory of 
Norfolk; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

  A funeral will be conducted at 4 p.m. Thursday in Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, by the Rev. A.C. Todd.

  Burial will be in the Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight in the funeral home 
and asks that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the 
Dendron Christian Church.

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HATTIE S. BISHOP

  DENDRON - Hattie Skinner Bishop, 94, of Dendron died July 12 at Johnson Home 
for Adults in Suffolk.

  A native of Nansemond County, she was the oldest member of Dendron United 
Church of Christ. She was the daughter of the late Javan W. and Indiana 
Harrell Skinner and was the widow of James Robert Bishop.

  Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. L. Thurman Williams of Dendron, and 
Mrs. Ruth Morey of Forest Heights, Md.; a sister, Mrs. Anne S. Gregory of 
Norfolk; two grandchildren, Robert E. Morey, Jr. of Charleston, S.C. and 
Marilyn M. Eavey of Williamsport, Md.; and five great-grandchildren.

  A funeral service was held at Purviance Funeral Chapel and burial was at 
Wakefield Cemetery.  The Rev. A.C. Todd officiated.


Hattie Armecia (SKINNER; Mrs. James R.) BISHOP, 
b. 11 Oct 1888, Nansemond Co., d. 12 Jul 1983, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 14 Jul 1983, 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 64, No. 26, July 20, 1983, p. 14, col. 1-2 

*Additional information: 

Find a Grave Mem. #127512244 

Her husband's (donated, 1960) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b210j2ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 


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