Ashton Coles Bishop

Ashton Coles Bishop, age 90, a retired farmer of McKenney, died Saturday, April 12, 2003. Mr. Bishop was a member of Mansons United Methodist Church and Dinwiddie Masonic Lodge No. 136. For many years, he worked on the Kenbridge and Blackstone Tobacco Market. He is survived by his wife, Annie Lee Oliver Bishop; one son, Ashton C. Bishop Jr. and wife, Donna of Dayton, Ohio; one daughter, Linda B. Lewis and husband, Robert; two grandchildren, Tamara L. Sultzer and husband, Eric and Thomas Ashton Lewis; two great-grandchildren, Alexandra and Benjamin Sultzer, all of Midlothian. Visitation will be Sunday evening 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Hamner-McMillian Funeral Home, Blackstone. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Mansons UMC, McKenney, with burial at Butterwood Methodist Church Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Mansons UMC Building Fund, the National Parkinson’s Foundation or a charity of your choice.