World War I Company G 130th US Infantry 65th Brigade 33rd Division Rank Private.
This Info is from the Effingham Democrat August 4 1921.
(First Article)
Alva Levi Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Bishop was Born in Green Co. Illinois on July 06 1894. He was raised on a farm in the vicinity of Dexter, and lived at the home of his parents until enlisting in the service during the late war. He was killed at Septsarges Wood, France during the battle of Meuse-Argonne by a German shell, which struck the observation post occupied by himself and comrades, killing or severely wounding all of them.
Mr. Bishop volunteered and enlisted at Effingham on the twenty-seventh day of July, 1917 in Company G 4th Illinois Infantry, which later became the 130th United States Infantry, to which organization he belonged at the time of his death.
Surviving him are his parents, three brothers and four sisters, as follows: Wilber Bishop of Decatur, Ira and Thomas Bishop at home, Mrs Susan Jinks of Decatur Mrs. Agnes Jinks of Cisco, Mrs Florence Hatfill of Avena and Miss Daisy Bishop at home.
The form reached America last week and Dexter on Saturday morning Funeral services were conducted from the Dexter Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon by Rev A. R. Ranson of Effingahm who delivered a masterly, patriotic sermon, following which military burial was at Old Freemanton Cemetery. Some Sixty or Seventy soldiers in uniform were present at the funeral, mostly from Effingham, where Mr. Bishop had enlisted. the attendance was very large.
The memory of our honored dead shall be cherished as long as our nation lives. This boy himself a sacrifice in order that his friends and loved ones might inherit the good things of life.
(Second article)
In the little Methodist Church in Dexter Sunday afternoon in the presence of a great audience of hundreds of people was pronounced the last sad funeral rites over another Effingham County boy of the World War whose body arrived at his old home, from France the latter part of last week. It was the body of Alva Levi Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W Bishop. After sleeping under the poppies of Flanders Field for almost three years it was laid in its last resting place Sunday to sleep the long sleep under the violets and the golden rods of his boyhood home. The funeral services were deeply impressive for it was a solemn hour. The little church was decorated with flags and the American Legion to the number of twenty-five or thirty in kahki gave the gathering a fine post war setting.
The community service flag with thirteen stars, two of which were gold, was the most conspicuous piece of decoration, showing as it did that Dexter did its duty and had passed the acid test of sacrifice.
This Info is from the Effingham Democrat August 4 1921.
(First Article)
Alva Levi Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Bishop was Born in Green Co. Illinois on July 06 1894. He was raised on a farm in the vicinity of Dexter, and lived at the home of his parents until enlisting in the service during the late war. He was killed at Septsarges Wood, France during the battle of Meuse-Argonne by a German shell, which struck the observation post occupied by himself and comrades, killing or severely wounding all of them.
Mr. Bishop volunteered and enlisted at Effingham on the twenty-seventh day of July, 1917 in Company G 4th Illinois Infantry, which later became the 130th United States Infantry, to which organization he belonged at the time of his death.
Surviving him are his parents, three brothers and four sisters, as follows: Wilber Bishop of Decatur, Ira and Thomas Bishop at home, Mrs Susan Jinks of Decatur Mrs. Agnes Jinks of Cisco, Mrs Florence Hatfill of Avena and Miss Daisy Bishop at home.
The form reached America last week and Dexter on Saturday morning Funeral services were conducted from the Dexter Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon by Rev A. R. Ranson of Effingahm who delivered a masterly, patriotic sermon, following which military burial was at Old Freemanton Cemetery. Some Sixty or Seventy soldiers in uniform were present at the funeral, mostly from Effingham, where Mr. Bishop had enlisted. the attendance was very large.
The memory of our honored dead shall be cherished as long as our nation lives. This boy himself a sacrifice in order that his friends and loved ones might inherit the good things of life.
(Second article)
In the little Methodist Church in Dexter Sunday afternoon in the presence of a great audience of hundreds of people was pronounced the last sad funeral rites over another Effingham County boy of the World War whose body arrived at his old home, from France the latter part of last week. It was the body of Alva Levi Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W Bishop. After sleeping under the poppies of Flanders Field for almost three years it was laid in its last resting place Sunday to sleep the long sleep under the violets and the golden rods of his boyhood home. The funeral services were deeply impressive for it was a solemn hour. The little church was decorated with flags and the American Legion to the number of twenty-five or thirty in kahki gave the gathering a fine post war setting.
The community service flag with thirteen stars, two of which were gold, was the most conspicuous piece of decoration, showing as it did that Dexter did its duty and had passed the acid test of sacrifice.
World War I Company G 130th US Infantry 65th Brigade 33rd Division Rank Private.
This Info is from the Effingham Democrat August 4 1921.
(First Article)
Alva Levi Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Bishop was Born in Green Co. Illinois on July 06 1894. He was raised on a farm in the vicinity of Dexter, and lived at the home of his parents until enlisting in the service during the late war. He was killed at Septsarges Wood, France during the battle of Meuse-Argonne by a German shell, which struck the observation post occupied by himself and comrades, killing or severely wounding all of them.
Mr. Bishop volunteered and enlisted at Effingham on the twenty-seventh day of July, 1917 in Company G 4th Illinois Infantry, which later became the 130th United States Infantry, to which organization he belonged at the time of his death.
Surviving him are his parents, three brothers and four sisters, as follows: Wilber Bishop of Decatur, Ira and Thomas Bishop at home, Mrs Susan Jinks of Decatur Mrs. Agnes Jinks of Cisco, Mrs Florence Hatfill of Avena and Miss Daisy Bishop at home.
The form reached America last week and Dexter on Saturday morning Funeral services were conducted from the Dexter Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon by Rev A. R. Ranson of Effingahm who delivered a masterly, patriotic sermon, following which military burial was at Old Freemanton Cemetery. Some Sixty or Seventy soldiers in uniform were present at the funeral, mostly from Effingham, where Mr. Bishop had enlisted. the attendance was very large.
The memory of our honored dead shall be cherished as long as our nation lives. This boy himself a sacrifice in order that his friends and loved ones might inherit the good things of life.
(Second article)
In the little Methodist Church in Dexter Sunday afternoon in the presence of a great audience of hundreds of people was pronounced the last sad funeral rites over another Effingham County boy of the World War whose body arrived at his old home, from France the latter part of last week. It was the body of Alva Levi Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W Bishop. After sleeping under the poppies of Flanders Field for almost three years it was laid in its last resting place Sunday to sleep the long sleep under the violets and the golden rods of his boyhood home. The funeral services were deeply impressive for it was a solemn hour. The little church was decorated with flags and the American Legion to the number of twenty-five or thirty in kahki gave the gathering a fine post war setting.
The community service flag with thirteen stars, two of which were gold, was the most conspicuous piece of decoration, showing as it did that Dexter did its duty and had passed the acid test of sacrifice.
This Info is from the Effingham Democrat August 4 1921.
(First Article)
Alva Levi Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Bishop was Born in Green Co. Illinois on July 06 1894. He was raised on a farm in the vicinity of Dexter, and lived at the home of his parents until enlisting in the service during the late war. He was killed at Septsarges Wood, France during the battle of Meuse-Argonne by a German shell, which struck the observation post occupied by himself and comrades, killing or severely wounding all of them.
Mr. Bishop volunteered and enlisted at Effingham on the twenty-seventh day of July, 1917 in Company G 4th Illinois Infantry, which later became the 130th United States Infantry, to which organization he belonged at the time of his death.
Surviving him are his parents, three brothers and four sisters, as follows: Wilber Bishop of Decatur, Ira and Thomas Bishop at home, Mrs Susan Jinks of Decatur Mrs. Agnes Jinks of Cisco, Mrs Florence Hatfill of Avena and Miss Daisy Bishop at home.
The form reached America last week and Dexter on Saturday morning Funeral services were conducted from the Dexter Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon by Rev A. R. Ranson of Effingahm who delivered a masterly, patriotic sermon, following which military burial was at Old Freemanton Cemetery. Some Sixty or Seventy soldiers in uniform were present at the funeral, mostly from Effingham, where Mr. Bishop had enlisted. the attendance was very large.
The memory of our honored dead shall be cherished as long as our nation lives. This boy himself a sacrifice in order that his friends and loved ones might inherit the good things of life.
(Second article)
In the little Methodist Church in Dexter Sunday afternoon in the presence of a great audience of hundreds of people was pronounced the last sad funeral rites over another Effingham County boy of the World War whose body arrived at his old home, from France the latter part of last week. It was the body of Alva Levi Bishop, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W Bishop. After sleeping under the poppies of Flanders Field for almost three years it was laid in its last resting place Sunday to sleep the long sleep under the violets and the golden rods of his boyhood home. The funeral services were deeply impressive for it was a solemn hour. The little church was decorated with flags and the American Legion to the number of twenty-five or thirty in kahki gave the gathering a fine post war setting.
The community service flag with thirteen stars, two of which were gold, was the most conspicuous piece of decoration, showing as it did that Dexter did its duty and had passed the acid test of sacrifice.
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