Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Morey, L. Ruth Bishop, 1995 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LILLIAN RUTH BISHOP MOREY DENDRON - Ruth Bishop Morey, 81, a native of Dendron, died July 30, 1995, in Charleston, S.C. Her parents were the late James Robert and Hattie Skinner Bishop. She was the widow of Robert Edwin Morey Sr., and mother of the late Robert E. Morey, Jr. She attended William and Mary College and was a member of Dendron United Church of Christ. She retired in 1958 as a health physicist technician for the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. While in Washington, D.C., she belonged to the Homemakers Club, the Methodist Christian Woman’s Club, the Square Dance Club and the Avion Trailer Club. She is survived by a daughter, Marilyn Ruth M. Eavey of Williamsport, Md.; a sister, Audrey Bishop Williams of Dendron; a daughter-in-law, Sarah McMillan Morey of Folly Beach, S.C.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, on Thursday, Aug. 3, at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service Thursday morning. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 6767 Forest Hill Avenue, Suite 270, Richmond, Va. 23225-1851. Lillian Ruth (BISHOP; Mrs. Robert E. Sr.) MOREY, retired health physicist technician, b. 14 Sep 1913, Dendron, Surry Co., d. 30 Jul 1995, Charleston, SC, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 3 Aug 1995, "The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), July 31, 1995, p. 11 *Her parents are buried also buried there. Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Her father's (donated, 1960) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b210j2ob.txt Her mother's obit ("Smithfield Times," July 20, 1983, p. 14) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b210h2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/m600r2ob.txt