by News Staff | Dec 7, 2016 | Obituaries
Richard Leroy Williams 1945-2016 Richard was born in Lee Vining, CA on August 22, 1945 and raised by his grandmother Vina Williams. In 1959, Alice and Art Dumas became his foster parents and moved him to Big Pine, CA where they finished raising him. He attended Big...
by News Staff | Dec 7, 2016 | Obituaries
Phyllis Joan Myers, a resident of Bishop CA for 14 years, passed away on December 1, 2016 at home after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Phyllis was the youngest of 3 children and was born in Eglantine Arkansas on April 16, 1941 to John Wirte Hunt and Inez Hunt. In...
by News Staff | Nov 28, 2016 | Obituaries
Tommie lone Longest 1916-2016 Tommie lone Longest, age 100, passed away peacefully, at the Bishop Care Center on November 22, 2016. She was born in Kildare, Texas on January 16, 1916 to Thomas and Sarah Porter. As a young child, her family relocated to Los Angeles...
by News Staff | Nov 22, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Obituaries
GERALDINE “GEBBY” VALENTINE AUBREY-MCMURRY 1919-2016 We, the loving family of “Gebby”, would like to “Toast” to the the full and adventurous life of one tough fun-loving lady! Gebby was nearly a life-long “Bishop-ite” of...
by News Staff | Nov 16, 2016 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Coming off the last weekend’s sold out Harvest Hoedown fundraiser, the Eastern Sierra Music Festival is delighted to announce its 2017 concert lineup. Headlining will be the Grammy-award winning blues band, Blues Traveler, and the chart-topping country...
