Obituary: John Thurmon Bishop

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Funeral service for John Thurmon Bishop, 80, of Cullman will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 18, 2021 at the Cullman Funeral Home Chapel.  The family will receive friends on Friday, September 17, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Cullman Funeral Home.  The interment will be in the Good Hope Cemetery.  Bro. Larry Brown and Bro. James Abbott will officiate the service.

Cullman Funeral home is honored to serve the Bishop family.

Mr. Bishop passed from this life on September 14, 2021 at The Folsom Center.  He was born December 6, 1940 to Olen F. and Mary Clara Blackwood Bishop.  He was a minister and member of Living Faith Baptist Church. He knew and loved a lot of people and greeted everyone with a smile. 

He was preceded in death by his parents: Olen F. and Mary Clara Blackwood Bishop; brothers: Bill Bishop and Larry Bishop and sister: Betty Howard.

Mr. Bishop is survived by his wife of 60 years: Charlotte Faye Bishop; daughters: Cheryl (Cary) Gentry and Jennifer Roberts; brothers: Robert Theron (Bonnie) Bishop and Jerry (Ann) Bishop; brother-in-law: Jim (Chris) Davenport; sister-in-law: Annie Lou Waldrop; grandchildren: Carissa (Corey) Dell, Jesse Roberts and Alex Roberts; great-grandchildren: Makaela Gentry, Alexis Dell and Christian Dell and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy can be shared with the Bishop family in the online guestbook at www.cullmanfuneralhome.com.