Mr. William Avner Bishop, age 89, of Bruce, passed away early Tuesday morning, April 20 in a local hospital. Mr. Bishop was a native and lifelong resident of Walton County.
Survivors include: his widow Mrs. Dillie Bishop of Bruce; one sister, Mrs. Lee Bozeman of Bruce, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, April 21, from the Bruce Assembly of God Church with Reverend James White and Rev. Billy Ray Alexander officiating. Burial followed in the Black Creek Cemetery.
[Source: The DeFuniak Springs Herald, April 29, 1971, Page 8]
[Burial: Black Creek Memorial Cemetery, Freeport]