Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bishop, James R., 1960 

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JAMES ROBERT BISHOP 

J.R. BISHOP DIES OF 3-WEEK ILLNESS 

  J.R. Bishop, 76, died Friday, July 8, at a Richmond hospital after an 
illness of three weeks.

  A native of Surry County, he was a former partner in the Richardson 
and Bishop Lumber Co. at Wakefield, a member and deacon of the Dendron 
Congregational Christian Church, member of the Dendron Town Council for 
the past 41 years, and a son of the late Theophilus W. and Emma Burgess 
Bishop.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hattie Skinner Bishop of Dendron; two 
daughters, Mrs. L. Thurman Williams of Dendron, and Mrs. Robert E. Morey 
of Washington, D.C.; two grandchildren, r.E. Morey, Jr. and Miss Marilyn 
Ruth Morey of Washington, D.C.; one brother, E.V. Bishop, of Richmond; 
and three sisters, Mrs. L.W. Bishop of Waverly; Mrs. T.J. Harrell of 
Petersburg and Miss Susie Bishop of Richmond.

  Funeral services were held Sunday, July 10, at 4:30 p.m. at the Purviance 
Funeral Chapel with Rev. T. Fred Wright, pastor, officiating.  Burial was 
in the Wakefield Cemetery.

  Pallbearers were Herman Bowden, Jack Pittman, M.B. Joyner, Garland Morris, 
Marshall Brittle, Howard Burt, Jr., Edward Richardson and Harry Barlow.


James Robert BISHOP, retired lumberman, Dendron town councilman, 
b. 13 Sep 1883, Surry Co., d. 8 Jul 1960, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 10 Jul 1960, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Additional information: 

Find a Grave Mem. #127512211 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 18486 (Richmond #2269). 

His widow's obit ("Smithfield Times," July 20, 1983, p. 14) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b210h2ob.txt 


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