Descendants of Gus & Lillie Corbitt

Bishop Willie Corbitt

(December 25, 1910 – August 29, 1989)

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Another Soldier gone

To get a great reward;

He fought the fight, he kept the faith,

And now he has gone home to God.

 

His Soul has gone to God who giveth;

The earth will claim its own, his body;

But he is shouting around the throne. 

While are left to mourn.

 

But some day we will meet again,

All our loved ones who have gone before;

Some day we will reach that happy land. 

Where parting will be no more.

 

On Tuesday morning, August 29, 1989, at approximately 11:40 A.M., Bishop Willie Corbitt was called home to be with the Lord after an extended illness.

He was born December 25, 1910, to Gus and Lilly Corbitt in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.  Bishop Corbitt was married to Rosetta Lisath August 22, 1931, and to this union were born four sons and one daughter.  He also reared a nephew, Allen Lisath.  Bishop and Sister Corbitt moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1935, and was employed by the Norfolk & Western Railroad until his retirement in 1975.

Bishop Corbitt was saved in 1952 and served faithfully whenever there was a need.  After being called of God to the Ministry and being ordained he served as Assistant Pastor under Bishop Q. L. Wilson for many years.

In August, 1981 Bishop Q. L. Wilson appointed Bishop Corbitt as the Pastor of Greater Emmanuel Apostolic faith Church, here in Portsmouth, Ohio, and he served faithfully until December, 1983, when he became physically unable to serve as Pastor.  Until his passing, Bishop Corbitt served as the “Church Father” of Living Faith Temple and attended services whenever he could and enjoyed the Lord with the Saints.

Bishop Corbitt leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Rosetta; sons, James, Chester and Terriest Corbitt, Allen and Frank Lisath, all of Columbus Ohio; daughter, Clara Tubbs of Portsmouth, Ohio; his mother Lilly E. Corbitt of Columbia, S.C.; four brothers, Casper Corbitt of Columbia, S.C., Levi Corbitt of North, S.C, John H. Corbitt od Washington, D.C. , and Wyman Corbitt of Springfield, S.C.; four sisters, Gwendolyn Stevens and Zenobia Hart, both of Philadelphia, Pa., Leomia Johnson of Orange, N.J., and Asenath Ferguson of Columbia, S.C.; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren, and a host of nephews and nieces.

 

The Saints who died of Christ possessed, Enter into immediate rest; For them no further test remains of purging fires and torturing pains.

 

Lovingly submitted,

The Family