Bishop, Thomas Benton
(1943)
Thomas Benton Bishop, nearly 89 years old,
was drowned in a shallow pond near the ice plant.  Funeral services at
Presbyterian Church, Rev. R. L. Wotring officiating.  Burail was in the
Versailles cemetery.  Thomas Benton was born in Camden county on April <br?, 1859.  He was reared in Illinois, where he taught school.  When he
was grown, he came to Missouri and taught school in this state 52 years.
His parents, the late Mr. & Mrs. William Bishop, came to Missouri from
Kentucky.  In 1895 he married Miss Delilah Flippin, who died in 1933.
He is survived by 8 sons and daughters: Mrs. Leila Rayle of Columbia;
Mae Turpin of Rocky Mount; Pearl Asharn; Mrs Corda Ayers and Rollo
Bishop of Versailles; Roy Bishop of San Francisco, Calif; Mrs. Dorothy
Becktell of Los Angeles, Calif and Mrs Maxine Sharpe of Richmond; 26
grandchildren & 2 great-grandchildren. Return to Obituary List