1. Internet e-mail, dbishop2@ameritech.net, 7 Nov 1999, Douglas A. Bishop.
Sanford C. Bishop was born on 10 Feb 1908 in WV; died Dec 1986 in WV.
2. FamilySearch.com, LDS Web Site, Noah Bishop search, 4 Sep 2002; Social
Security Death Index.
Sanford Bishop; born on 10 Jan 1908; died in Dec 1986; living at Bradshaw,
McDowell Co, WV at death.
3. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Browns Creek District, taken on 28 Apr 1910, Page 201A,
Family #317.
Listed as Sanford Bishop, age 2, single, born in WV, in household of father, Floyd Bishop.
4. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Browns Creek District, taken on 2 Jan 1920, Page 228A,
Family #17.
Listed as Sanford C. Bishop, age 10, born in WV, in household of father, Floyd Bishop.
5. "McDowell County WV Heritage", MCHS, 1995, Vol I, Page 19; reprint of "Young American Patriots",
WW II Veterans", Page 679.
Sanford Bishop; born on 10 Jan 1909; EM 2nd Class US Navy; entered service 7 Apr 1944 at Great
Lakes, IL; Europe & Pacific; son of M/M Floyd Bishop of Logan, WV; husband of Mrs. Sallie Murray
Bishop of Lex, WV.
1. McDowell Co, WV Death certificate #16136; WV Archives Web Site.
Glenna Fern Bishop; age 7 mons, 29 days; born on 11 Feb 1949 at Jolo, WV; daughter of Sandford
and Sally Murry Bishop; died on 9 Oct 1949 at Jolo, WV of "infectious dsysentery"; buried on 10 Oct
1949 in Short Ridge Cemetery.
1. 1930 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Oceana District, taken on 21 Apr 1930, Page 199B, Family #240.
Listed as Vida Stewart, age 10, born in WV, in household of father, Arthur A. Stewart, Sr.
2. "The Register Herald", Beckley, WV, Monday 23 Jan 2006; newspaper obit.
"OCEANA — Vida Mae Stewart Berta, 86, of Oceana, passed away Friday, Jan. 20, 2006, in a Beckley hospital. "Born Jan. 8, 1920, in Wyoming County, she was the daughter of the late Author and Ollie Stewart. "Mrs. Berta was a homemaker. "In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Berta, Sr.; a son, Connie Ray Berta; a daughter, Margaret McCoy; and several infant children. "Survivors include her children, Billie Jo Spence and her husband James of Highland, Ind., John Berta, Jr., and his wife Sue of Irma, S.C., Martelia Berta Myers Blankenship of Kopperston, Odett Toler and her husband Douglas of Oceana, Robert Berta of Beckley, Tony Berta and his wife Mary of Oceana, James Berta of Oceana, and Thomas Berta and his wife Tatiana of Stafford, Va.; two adopted children, Michelle Williams and her husband Keith and Troy Berta, all of North Carolina; 21 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. "Service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Evans Memorial Chapel, Oceana, with the Rev. Herb Cook officiating. Burial will follow in Stewart Cemetery, Matheny..."
1. Wyoming Co, WV Marrieage Records; Book #__(1964); Page 409; WV Archives Web Site.
John Berta, Jr; age 21; born on 20 Feb 1943 in McDowell Co, WV; living at Hatcher, WV; son of John
and Vida Mae (Stewart) Berta; married on 12 Jun 1964 at Kopperston, WV; Frances Ann Dillo; age
19; born on 27 May 1945 in Wyoming Co, WV; living at Kopperston, WV; daughter of Woodow Wilson
and Gladys Merl (Christian) Dillo.