Southampton Press | Friday, Aug. 31, 1945
The many friends of William Woolley Bishop will be saddened
to know of his death from cerebral hemorrhage on Monday morning, August 27,
1945. He was born June 2, 1890, the only son of James and Carrie [Carolina
Harmenia] Corwith Bishop. His family has been identified with Southampton
village and the Presbyterian Church here since the days of the founding of the
town. A graduate of Southampton High School and Amherst College 1912, he
decided to follow the land instead of the sea—a decision all East End Long
Island boys have had to make in the past.
After his marriage to Alma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Madison Jagger, he and his wife made their home on Clearview Farm in the North
End. Their children are James Corwith, Helen, wife of Capt. Thomas H. White,
Jr., Alma, and Jane. Their grandchildren are Susan Ann White and James C.
Bishop, Jr. Mr. Bishop was an elder in the Presbyterian Church, a former
superintendent of the Sunday School, a director of the Long Island Association
of the Federal Land Bank, a member of the Southampton Golf Club and of the Chi
Phi Fraternity.
He was typically of our American way of life—genial,
unassuming, deeply grounded in ways of truth, fairdealing, and hospitality.
Today we pause in sorrow that he must leave us, but with our eyes fixed upon
the goal that has always been his goal—faith in the immortal life. His life
long friend, Rev. Jesse Halsey, came to share the memorial service with his
pastor, Rev. James N. Armstrong, Jr., in the church of his fathers.
“Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be though our guide while life shall last
And our eternal home.”
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