Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bishop, Joseph W., 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOSEPH WASHINGTON BISHOP JOS. W. BISHOP OF WAVERLY, VA. BURIED MONDAY Waverly - Joseph W. Bishop, 63, died Saturday at his residence here following an illness of about 3 months. He had been employed by the Gray Lumber Company for 35 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mattie L. Bishop, of Waverly; one daughter, Mrs. W.D. Knight, of Disputanta; one son, J. Earl Bishop, of Waverly, and 3 sisters, Mrs. V.T. Harrell of Jarrett, and Mrs. C.E. Gerrick, both of Stony Creek. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the Harcum Funeral Home, with the Rev. Forest Wagner, pastor of the Waverly Methodist Church, officiating, a ssisted by the Rev. R.L. Jackson, pastor of the Waverly Christian Church. Burial was in the Waverly Cemetery. Joseph Washington BISHOP, Gray Lumber Co. employee, b. 1 Sep 1879, Sussex Co., d. 5 Dec 1942, at home, Waverly, interred in Waverly Cemetery*, 7 Dec 1942, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 25, No. 39, Dec. 10, 1942 *Additional information: Birthdate from his Find a Grave Memorial, #163389433. His widow's maiden name was HARRELL. (Memorial #163389485) His parents, Eldridge Washington & Sarah Eliza (GRAMMER) BISHOP - are buried in Bethel Cemetery, Sussex Co. His father's gravestone, which actually reads "Elridge," is broken, and pieces are missing in the photos of it included with his Memorial, #59292041. The rear of his mother's plinth is broken away, and her gravestone has fallen (face up), but it seems to be intact in the photo of it included with her Memorial, #59291969. 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/sussex/obits/b210j1ob.txt