AMERICUS — Mrs. Angie Widener Bishop, age 54, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at her home in Americus.

Funeral services were planned for 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at Bethel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Steven Golden officiating. Burial was to follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

The family received friends between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m. on Tuesday evening, Dec. 5,at Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., and at other times at the home of Shirley Bell, 663 Bumphead Road in Americus.

A native and lifelong resident of Americus, Angie was born Oct. 7, 1963. She was an LPN at Flint River Healthcare in Montezuma, and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Tommy Lane Bishop; by her father, Milton Widener; by her stepfather, Herman Grady Bell; by her grandfather, Clarence Odell Smith; and by a brother and sister, Michael Bell and Kathy Bell Weaver.

Survivors include her mother, Shirley Smith Bell of Americus; one daughter, Alison Mapp (Jonathan) of Lafayette, Ala.; grandmother, Elizabeth Smith of Americus; two brothers: Donnie Bell of Thomaston, and Roger Bell (Vicki) of Buena Vista; one sister, Brenda Vartenisian of Macon; uncle, David Smith (Beth) of Swainsboro; great-uncle, James Law (Lillian) of Albany; several nieces and nephews; and her beloved fur babies, Boo-Boo and Mattie.

For those wishing to do so, memorial contributions are suggested to Bethel Baptist Church, 846 Lane Store Road, Americus, GA 31709.

To sign our online guestbook and express your condolences to the family, please visit www.hancockfuneralhomeinc.com

Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., is honored to be entrusted with these arrangements for Mrs. Angie Widener Bishop.