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“Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.” Proverbs 31:30
BESSIE MILDRED BISHOP, affectionately known as "Annie," was born on October 10, 1940, in Pocomoke City, Maryland. Born in a family filled with love, she was the second child of the late Richard and Olivia Brittingham Milbourne. With family by her side, she went home to be with the Lord on February 26, 2022, at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson, Maryland.
A funeral service is scheduled on Saturday at 2:00 PM, at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center in Room Danang 3, 500 Glen Avenue, Salisbury, Maryland 21801, where friends may view one hour prior to the service. Interment is at Springhill Memory Gardens in Hebron, Maryland. The family repast is in the Danang 3 Room at the Wicomico & Youth Civic Center, following the interment.
Lovingly Submitted by the Family
Farewell Dear Mother
Somewhere in our hearts beneath all our grief and pain
Is a smile we still wear
at the sound of your dear name.
The precious word is ‘Mother’
she was our world, you see
But now our heart is breaking cause
she’s no longer here.
God chose her for His Angel
to watch us from above
To guide us and advise us
and know that we’re still loved.
The day she had to leave us
when her life on earth was through –
God had better plans for her
for this, we surely knew.
When we think of her kind heart
and all those loving years –
Our memories surround us and
we can’t hold back the tears.
Lovingly submitted,
Children
Kelvin, Margaret (Welton), Victoria (Karry), Ambrose (Janell), Bonnie
The Virtuous Woman
10.Who can find a virtuous woman?
For her price is far above rubies.
11.The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,
So that he shall have no need of spoil.
12.She will do him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
13.She seeketh wool, and flax,
And worketh willingly with her hands.
14.She is like the merchants' ships;
She bringeth her food from afar.
15.She riseth also while it is yet night,
And giveth meat to her household,
And a portion to her maidens.
16.She considereth a field, and buyeth it:
With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17.She girdeth her loins with strength,
And strengtheneth her arms.
18.She perceiveth that her merchandise is good:
Her candle goeth not out by night.
19.She layeth her hands to the spindle,
And her hands hold the distaff.
20.She stretcheth out her hand to the poor;
Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21.She is not afraid of the snow for her household:
For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22.She maketh herself coverings of tapestry;
Her clothing is silk and purple.
23.Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24.She maketh fine linen, and selleth it;
And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25.Strength and honour are her clothing;
And she shall rejoice in time to come.
26.She openeth her mouth with wisdom;
And in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27.She looketh well to the ways of her household,
And eateth not the bread of idleness.
28.Her children arise up, and call her blessed;
Her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29.Many daughters have done virtuously,
But thou excellest them all.
30.Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain:
But a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31.Give her of the fruit of her hands;
And let her own works praise her in the gates.
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