Clarence and Eleanor Bishop’s four children set up this endowment fund in 1988 to honor their parents. Mr. Bishop was a New River Company Store Manager, postmaster and manager of the theater at Scarbro for many years. Mrs. Bishop was a school teacher in her early years at Scarbro and always retained her interest in books and education. Their children, all college graduates, Ann Griffith, William C. Bishop, Jr., Carolyn Thornhill, and Paul S. Bishop. This fund income benefits the Fayette County Public Library.
