Surry-Brunswick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bishop, Nina F. Settle, 1949 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

NINA SETTLE BISHOP 

CLAREMONT 
(Delayed News) 

Mrs. Nina Settle Bishop, 49, Drowned During Storm 

  Mrs. Nina Settle Bishop, 49*, of Rawlings, Brunswick Co., who had purchased 
a cottage at Claremont Ferry Beach and was living there for the summer, was 
drowned Saturday, July 23rd, in the James River, during the severe storm that 
struck our community late in the afternoon.  As we understand it, Mrs. Bishop 
in company with other relatives had towed a rowboat with its passenger out to 
one of the Esso tankers and when they reached the tankers the storm really 
broke and all were being taken aboard the big ship, when a sudden hard blow 
and high wave broke the landing platform loose and threw Mrs. Bishop in the 
river.  Her body was recovered in about ten minutes and it is believed she 
died of shock rather than being drowned.  Deepest sympathy is extended to the 
bereaved family.


Nina Frances (SETTLE; Mrs. Jas. Turner) BISHOP, of Rawlings, Brunswick Co., 
b. 11 Jan 1899, Rockingham Co., NC, 
drowned 23 Jul 1949, James River, Claremont, 
interred in Lebanon United Methodist Church Cemetery*, Brunswick Co., 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 32, No. 10, Aug. 3, 1949, p. 4, col. 5 

*Birthdate &c. from her Find a Grave Memorial, #27458969, 
   which includes a photo of gravestone. 

Her D.Cert. (#16664 {Guilford #4}) gives b. NC, dt/o W.H. Settle & unknown, 
   Drowning (accidental). 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b210n1ob.txt