Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, October 17, 1993 TAG: 9310180220
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: E-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Short
OBIT BISHOP, GRIFFIE ODEN SR.
BISHOP, Griffie Oden Sr., 83, of Christiansburg, died Saturday, October 16,
1993, in Radford Community Hospital. He was a retired employee of the Town of
Christiansburg Police Department. Surviving are his wife, Margaret S. Bishop;
four sons, Griffie Oden Bishop Jr., Floyd, Michael W. Bishop, Roanoke, James
V. Bishop, Colen L. Bishop, both of Christiansburg; one stepson, Larry F.
Childress, Kentucky; three granddaughters and one great-grandson. Funeral
services will be 2 p.m. Monday at the graveside in the Showalter Cemetery,
Indian Valley, conducted by Mr. Clarence Lavender and Mr. A. Lowell Altizer.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the
Christiansburg Rescue Squad or East Side Church of Christ. The family will
receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Richardson-Horne Funeral Home.
by CNB