Beckley, WV
Tuesday, April 12, 1960
Mrs. Brooke Bishop
Mrs. Brooke Godfrey Bishop, 79,
died in the home of a daughter,
Mrs. V. L. Haga, Mullens, early
Monday.
Born June 19, 1880, at Hanover,
she was a daughter of the late
L. B. and Rachel Osborne Godfrey.
Her husband, Henry Bishop
died in 1935.
She had been making her home
with Mrs. Haga for the past six
years. Mrs. Bishop formerly resided
at Iaeger, having lived there
since 1915 with her husband
who ran a store there. He was
a past president of the Bank of
Iaeger.
Surviving are two sons, Dot,
Iaeger, and Ralph. Richlands, Va.
four sisters, Mrs. Neda Shannon,
Hanover, Mrs. Bertha Cooper
Martinsville, Va., Mrs. Ida Bailey,
Matoaka, and Mrs. Frona
Gadd, Princeton; one brother
Carl, Hanover; and 14 grandchildren.
The body will be placed in the
Chapel of the Fanning Funeral
Home, Iaeger, at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
The funeral will be conducted in
the Chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday by
the Rev. J.L. Mann, Iaeger.
Burial will be in the Iaeger
Memorial Cemetery, Rhoderfield. (RNS)
Beckley, WV
Tuesday, April 12, 1960
Mrs. Brooke Bishop
Mrs. Brooke Godfrey Bishop, 79,
died in the home of a daughter,
Mrs. V. L. Haga, Mullens, early
Monday.
Born June 19, 1880, at Hanover,
she was a daughter of the late
L. B. and Rachel Osborne Godfrey.
Her husband, Henry Bishop
died in 1935.
She had been making her home
with Mrs. Haga for the past six
years. Mrs. Bishop formerly resided
at Iaeger, having lived there
since 1915 with her husband
who ran a store there. He was
a past president of the Bank of
Iaeger.
Surviving are two sons, Dot,
Iaeger, and Ralph. Richlands, Va.
four sisters, Mrs. Neda Shannon,
Hanover, Mrs. Bertha Cooper
Martinsville, Va., Mrs. Ida Bailey,
Matoaka, and Mrs. Frona
Gadd, Princeton; one brother
Carl, Hanover; and 14 grandchildren.
The body will be placed in the
Chapel of the Fanning Funeral
Home, Iaeger, at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
The funeral will be conducted in
the Chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday by
the Rev. J.L. Mann, Iaeger.
Burial will be in the Iaeger
Memorial Cemetery, Rhoderfield. (RNS)
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