Isabel Bishop Spann

Of Mt. Vernon, VA, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2021 with her three children at her side.

Isabel Bishop Spann was born in Baytown, Texas and spent her early childhood in Venezuela, where her father developed oil wells for the Standard Oil Company. She later moved with her family to New York where she grew up and attended schools in Floral Park, Long Island, and subsequently attended the Maryland Institute of Art and American University.

She married Frederick Clayton Spann soon after his graduation from West Point and spent the next 38 years as a Army wife. Colonel Spann died in 2001. During the 58 years of their marriage, Mrs. Spann and her husband travel widely, circling the world and visiting 39 countries together.

She was an award winning artist, creating art in many mediums including watercolor, oil, pastels, acrylic, and computer graphics. She was a member of the Georgia Miniature Society, the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, the Vienna Art Club, the Arts Council of Fairfax County, the National League of AmericanPenn Women, and the Springfield Art Guild. She was also a volunteer at Mt. Vernon Estate, River Farm, Woodlawn Estate and had been a Girl Scout and Cub Scout Leader. She also served in many roles at her church.

She is survived by a son, Clayton, two daughters, Julianne and Joan, 5 grandsons, and 3 great grandchildren (with another on the way).

She is greatly missed. She was a very devoted mother and a great companion. She brightened the lives of everyone who knew her.