Henry Ellsworth Bishop (1908 - 1994)

Born 10 Oct 1908 in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, USA

Husband of Ruby Mae (Lawson) Bishop — married 17 Jun 1927 in Oconee County, Georgia

Died 10 Nov 1994 at age 86 in Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida

Henry Bishop is buried in Tallahassee Memory Gardens.

Biography

Henry was born in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia in 1908 to Elmer Ellsworth Bishop and Matilda Carolyn Quicksall. [1] He married Ruby Lawson on 17 Jun 1927 in Oconee County, Georgia.[2] After he passed away in Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida, he was buried in the Garden of the Last Supper, Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, Florida. He shares a grave marker with his wife.[3]

Sources

• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWQD-6ZB : accessed 12 July 2015), Henry Bishop and Ruby Lawson, 17 Jun 1927; citing Oconee County, Georgia; FHL microfilm 424,866.
• "Florida State Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNXR-3CB : accessed 12 July 2015), Henry E Bishop, Tallahassee, Leon, Florida; citing line 40, State Archives, Tallahassee; FHL microfilm 2,425,196.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK3-9CPT : accessed 12 July 2015), Henry Ellsworth Bishop, 1994; Burial, Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, United States of America, Memory Gardens Cemetery; citing record ID 33888889, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from grave marker at Garden of the Last Supper in Tallahassee Memory Gardens (cemetery), Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA.
• "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVHR-2J2 : accessed 12 July 2015), Henry Elsworth Bishop, 10 Nov 1994; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 130386, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 33888889 [4]