Willie Ellis Bishop (1886 - 1969)

Born 16 Apr 1886 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Jul 1969 at age 83 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Willie Ellis Bishop was born on Apr 16, 1886 in Mississippi, USA as the second child of Mack Mancel Bishop and Mary Jane Jones.

He had eleven siblings, namely: Will Ellis, Mattie Lillian, Bessie J, Eugenia Janie, Wiley E., Andrew E., Elijah Gates Sr, Ernest Lee, Lela Louise, Ada Mae, and Ruby B.

He died on Jul 08, 1969 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, USA (in a Laurel Convalescent home; Age at Death: 83).

Willie Ellis Bishop was buried in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, USA (Lake Park Cemetery).^[1]

He was employed as a Feeding Cotton. Other: in Jones County Race: (White) He lived in Jones County, Mississippi, USA. His Social Security Number was issued in Mississippi, USA He lived in Beat 1, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1900 (Beat 1). He lived in Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi in 1910. He lived in Laurel Ward 4, Jones, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 32; Marital Status: Married; Relationship: Head). He lived in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 45; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head).

Willie Ellis Bishop and Susey Jane Bynum had the following children:

1. Harvey E Bishop was born on Jul 10, 1906 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Jul 08, 1969 (Age at Death: 62).
2. Minnie Lee Bishop was born on Apr 26, 1908 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Apr 07, 1981 (Age at Death: 72).
3. John Dewey Bishop was born on Sep 24, 1910 in Mississippi, USA. He died on Jul 02, 1965 (Age at Death: 54).
4. Brady Bishop was born on Nov 17, 1912 in Jones County, Mississippi, USA. She died on Jan 24, 1997 (Age at Death: 84).
5. Ruby Nell Bishop was born on Oct 03, 1915 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, USA. She died on Jan 23, 1982 in Lamar County, Mississippi, USA (South Mississippi State Hospital.; Age at Death: 66).
6. Willie Mae Bishop was born on Jul 16, 1918 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, USA. She died on Nov 28, 2005 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, USA (South Central Regional Medical Center;Age at Death: 87).
7. Floyd Eugene "Floppy" Bishop was born on Jan 23, 1923 in Taylorsville, Smith, Mississippi, USA. He died on Jun 21, 2004 (Age at Death: 81).

Obituary

Laurel Leader-Call, Wednesday, July 9, 1969, p. 2

Rites Friday For W. Bishop

Willie Ellis Bishop, 83, 2603 Old Bay Springs Road, died Tuesday around noon in a Laurel Convalescent home.

Services will be held Friday 10 a.m. from Memory Chapel with the Revs Glen Green and Guy Reedy officiating. Burial will be in Hickory Grove Cemetery. He is survived by four daughters: Mrs. Kay O. Bush, Lucedale, Mrs. J. W. Holloway, Houston, Tex.; Mrs. Ruby Paternostro and Mrs. J. C. Sims, both of Laurel; two sons, Harvey Bishop and Floyd Bishop also of Laurel; 28 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren; four sisters: Mrs. Mattie Cochran, Magee; Mrs. Jeannie Jackson, Hattiesburg; Mrs. Lelia Bishop, New Orleans. La.; Mrs. Ada Bishop, Jackson; and two brothers, L. G. Bishop, Fla.; and Andrew Bishop, Laurel.

Masons will serve as pallbearers. There will be Masonic graveside services.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ See headstone at Findagrave - Willie E. Bishop
2. ↑ Published Laurel Leader-Call, Wednesday, July 9, 1969, p. 2

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRTX-Z5Q : accessed 6 March 2016), Willie Bishop, Jul 1969; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3R7-CHX : accessed 5 March 2016), Willie Ellis Bishop, 1917-1918; citing Jones County, Mississippi, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,682,930.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB9B-TNC : accessed 6 March 2016), Willie E Bishop, Beat 2, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34-17, sheet 14B, family 266, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2035.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1Z-QLH : accessed 6 March 2016), Willie E Bishof, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M434-RW6 : accessed 6 March 2016), Willie Bishop, Laurel Ward 4, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 11A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,881.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8L-SSF : accessed 6 March 2016), Willie Bishop, Beat 4, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,757.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9FS-FFT : accessed 6 March 2016), William E Bishop in household of Mansel M Bishop, Beat 1 (west of Leaf River), Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,828.