The South Carolina native celebrated his centennial birthday surrounded by dozens of his grandchildren, great-grandchildren and even great-great-grandchildren.
“Good afternoon,” he said, walking into his party at a ballroom in Hillcrest Heights, Md., to Stevie Wonder’s rendition of “Happy Birthday.” “Doctor Bishop coming through.”
He worked as a sharecropper for most of his young life, dropping out of school before finishing third grade. Later, his love for gardening translated into a long career in landscaping. Among his family, he’s known for being able to make anything grow. He met his future wife, Rosa Mae Bishop, at church. Their marriage wasn’t always easy — the two faced Rosa Mae’s disapproving parents, moved from South Carolina to Washington, D.C., and helped raise grandchildren together, Geneva said. But they remained by each other’s sides until Rosa Mae died in 1983.
The family moved to D.C. in 1953, said Geneva, 74. They moved houses frequently as their family grew.“We was happy,” Geneva said. “There were so many of us, so we stuck together. ... It was wonderful.”
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