Bertha Bishop lived to be a hundred, and lived every year fully. Born to Henry and Alcinda Thomas in 1896, she was devoted to the Sharp Street Church: organist and choir director for 50 years, Sunday school superintendent, organizer of the usher board and first homecoming, and president of the United Methodist Women. Perhaps her greatest legacy was her success in inspiring others to acquire educations and achieve. In recognition she received the Olney Rotary's first Paul Harris Fellowship award. More than 600 people attended her hundredth birthday celebration in 1996, ten months before she died. She and Llewellyn Bishop had three children, Dr. William, Mildred, and Llewellyn, Jr.