Beulah D. Bishop

Beulah D. Bishop, age 86, died Thursday, May 3, 2018 at the Moniteau Care Center in California, Missouri with her family at her side.

One of six children born to James F. and Ethel C. DeWitt, Beulah Mae was born on March 5, 1932 in Beaman, Missouri. Some time after graduating from high school, Beulah was employed in Jefferson City before marrying John Dean Bishop in 1962. At that time the couple started their life together on the farm near Bunceton, Missouri where she has resided until her very recent illness. The couple were blessed with three children.

After losing her husband John to a farm accident in 1979, Beulah continued to keep her family together on the farm raising hogs, cattle and crops with help from a strong faith in prayer and also from a caring community. She also worked as the secretary of the First Baptist Church of Tipton starting in 1970 as part time and eventually as full time until retiring in 2001. She has also been a long time, very active member of First Baptist Church in Tipton.

Beulah's life revolved around her children and grandchildren. She was a devoted mother and grandmother. Being an excellent cook, she fed them well and her apple butter was especially appreciated by grandchildren.

Beulah was preceded in death by her parents; her husband John; brother Joseph DeWitt and sisters Margaret Weddington and Roberta Dewan.

Those surviving Beulah are her son Dean Bishop and his wife Jane of Bunceton, Missouri; daughters Victoria Morris and her husband Kim of Lamar, Missouri and Elizabeth Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas; grandchildren Catherine Gustafson and her husband Nathan of Burlington, Wisconsin, Benjamin Morris and fiance' Sarah of St. Louis, Missouri and Sarah, Jessica and Samuel Bishop all of Bunceton, Missouri; brothers James DeWitt, Bobby DeWitt and his wife Jane, all of Bentonville, Arkansas and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Beulah D. Bishop will be held at 2:30 P.M., Monday, May 7, 2018 at the First Baptist Church, Tipton, Missouri with burial immediately following at Syracuse Cemetery, Syracuse, Missouri. Visitation will begin at 1:00 P.M. prior to the service also at the Church.

Memorials for Beulah D. Bishop are suggested to First Baptist Church of Tipton, Missouri.

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