Clarence Hubert Bishop of Hwy. 49N, Virgilina, age 90, died January 16, 2000 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Rev. Bishop was born in Pilot on August 13, 1909, the son of Arthur Trigg Bishop and Lula Maybelle Jones Bishop. He
served as an interim pastor at Amis Chapel Baptist Church where he was a member.
Rev. Bishop served as pastor to High View and Florence Avenue Baptist Churches from 1958-1976 and fulltime at Florence
Baptist until 1981. He was a member of the Virgilina Masonic Lodge 248 and the Virgilina Ruritan Club.
His survivors include a daughter: Mary Jane B. Humphries of Virgilina; four sisters: Thelma Geiser of Vinton, Lucy May Correll
of Orange Park, FL, Ruby Kingery of Hampton, Marie Whittemore of Las Vegas, NV; a brother: Claude Arthur Bishop of
Ridgeway; two granddaughters: Amanda Lowery and Stephanie Humphries; a grandson: Allen Humphries; two
great-grandchildren: Savannah and Christian Lowery. He was preceded in death by his wife: Milcie Hancock Bishop; brother:
Leslie "Les" E. Bishop and sister: Katherine Sasser.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday, January 19 at 11 a.m. at Florence Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. Malvin
Tuck officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Burial Park.
Clarence Hubert Bishop of Hwy. 49N, Virgilina, age 90, died January 16, 2000 at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Rev. Bishop was born in Pilot on August 13, 1909, the son of Arthur Trigg Bishop and Lula Maybelle Jones Bishop. He
served as an interim pastor at Amis Chapel Baptist Church where he was a member.
Rev. Bishop served as pastor to High View and Florence Avenue Baptist Churches from 1958-1976 and fulltime at Florence
Baptist until 1981. He was a member of the Virgilina Masonic Lodge 248 and the Virgilina Ruritan Club.
His survivors include a daughter: Mary Jane B. Humphries of Virgilina; four sisters: Thelma Geiser of Vinton, Lucy May Correll
of Orange Park, FL, Ruby Kingery of Hampton, Marie Whittemore of Las Vegas, NV; a brother: Claude Arthur Bishop of
Ridgeway; two granddaughters: Amanda Lowery and Stephanie Humphries; a grandson: Allen Humphries; two
great-grandchildren: Savannah and Christian Lowery. He was preceded in death by his wife: Milcie Hancock Bishop; brother:
Leslie "Les" E. Bishop and sister: Katherine Sasser.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday, January 19 at 11 a.m. at Florence Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. Malvin
Tuck officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Burial Park.
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