Dr. David Wendell Bishop Ph.D.

1921 - 2004
Dr. David Wendell Bishop, 83, a retired college professor, died at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD on Thursday, October 28. He grew up in Rich Square, NC where he graduated from W.S. Creecy High School. After serving in Europe in World War II, he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in history and political science from Howard University and later his doctorate in American History from Catholic University.
While he began his teaching career at Fort Valley State College in Georgia, for over 30 years Dr. Bishop taught history in two North Carolina universities - Fayetteville State University and North Carolina Central University.
He was married to the late Wilhelmina Williams. He is survived by his sister, Georgia Bishop Whitted, of Silver Spring, MD; a brother-in-law, Leonard Majette, of New York; a sister-in-law, Genora Tann Bishop of Durham, NC; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, extended family and cherished friends.
On Friday, November 5, visitation will be held at 12 noon with funeral services immediately following at 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 101 South Wilmington Street, Raleigh, NC. Interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Family will receive friends at the home of Mrs. Pricilla Cunningham, 215 Northbrook Drive in Raleigh. Professional services for our loved one have been entrusted to Lightner Funeral Home, 312 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Raleigh, North Carolina.