Etta Bishop Obituary

BISHOP, Etta JOHNS ISLAND - Mrs. Etta Browning Bishop, 71, of 3671 Mary Ann Point Road, Johns Island, entered into eternal rest Thursday morning, July 7, 2005, at Roper Hospital in Charleston. Funeral services will be held 5 o'clock, Sunday afternoon, July 10, 2005, in The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home Chapel, Walterboro. Interment will follow in New Hope Advent Christian Church Cemetery, Islandton, near Peniel Baptist Church. Mrs. Bishop was born June 18, 1934, in Dorchester County and was a daughter of the late Clarence Franklin Browning and Jennie Cannon Browning. She began her career with Southern Bell in Charleston as an operator and continued working with the company as a supervisor and retired in August of 1984 as a repair service dispatcher. She was a longtime member of New Hope Advent Christian Church where her husband has been the pastor for thirty-eight years. At her church she was currently serving as the church clerk and had on many occasions sang with the choir. She was a member of the Southern Bell Pioneers. There are many things that will be cherished about the life of Etta Bishop. Many will remember her for always centering her life around her loving family, or how she was always ready to travel, earning the name "Etta Go Bishop," or how she was always present with her husband while he was working, becoming his unofficial job foreman. Surviving are: her husband of 42 years, The Reverend William Herbert Bishop; her seven children, William Keith Bishop of Johns Island, Deborah B. Fuller of Johns Island, James Whitman Rowell of Ridgeville, Elaine B. Johnson of Johns Island, Bruce M. Bishop of Johns Island, George Q. Bishop and his wife Beth of Summerville, and Lydia B. Suggs and her husband Spencer of Johns Island; and two sisters, Mary Miller of Anderson and Nancy Womble of Dennison, Texas. There are nine grandchildren, Marty Bishop, Christina Montgomery, Jessica Belue, Caren Bishop, Nicole Fuller, Jennifer Johnson, Bryan Fuller, Sam Bishop, and Candice Suggs; and five great-grandchildren that also survive. Flowers will be accepted or the family has suggested for those who wish may direct memorial contributions in her memory to: New Hope Advent Christian Church, 5144 Forks Road, Islandton, South Carolina 29929. The family has extended an invitation for friends to visit at the residence Friday evening from 6:00 until 8:00, 3671 Mary Ann Point Road, Johns Island. Family and friends are invited to call from 6:00 until 8:00 Saturday evening at THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843-538-5408. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.