Bertha (Walters) Bishop (1892 - 1968)

Born 29 Feb 1892 in Mississippi, United States

Wife of Robert Terrell Bishop — married 1 Jul 1916 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA

Died 26 Mar 1968 at age 76 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States

Bertha (Walters) Bishop is buried in Calvary Cemetery.

Biography

Bertha Walters was born on Feb 29, 1892 in Mississippi, USA.

She died on Mar 26, 1968 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, USA (a Laurel hospital; Age at Death: 76).

When she was 24, she married Robert Terrell Bishop,son of John S Bishop and Louisa Gibbons, on Jul 01, 1916 in Smith, Mississippi, USA.^[1]

Bertha Walters lived in Beat 1, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 36; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

She lived in Smith County, Mississippi, USA in 1935.

She lived in Smith County, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 44; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

She lived in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, USA in 1950 (StreetAddress: 13th Ave; 59 Age: 59; Laundress Occupation: Laundress; ClassofWorker: Private; EnumerationDistrict: 34-20; HoursWorked: 66; Industry: Laundry Company; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Working; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; Head RelationToHead: Head; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed). Race: (White)

She was buried in Mize, Smith, Mississippi, USA (Calvary Cemetery).^[2] Race: (White) She lived in Beat 1, Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 36; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife). She lived in Smith, Mississippi, USA in 1935. She lived in Smith, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 44; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

Robert Terrell Bishop and Bertha Walters had the following children:

1. William Colon Bishop was born on Mar 25, 1917 (SSDi) or Mar 25, 1918 (WWII draft card) or Mar 25, 1919 (Headstone) in Smith County, Mississippi, USA. He died on Sep 27, 1969 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Jackson VA Hospital; Age at Death: 50).
2. Winnie Bishop was born on Sep 29, 1919 in Taylorsville, Smith, Mississippi, USA. She died on May 09, 1993 (Age at Death: 73).
3. Lorine Bishop was born on May 25, 1922 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Jun 02, 2008 in Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, USA (Jones County Rest Home; Age at Death: 86).
4. Bessie L. Bishop was born on Dec 09, 1924 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Dec 12, 1924 in Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 3 days).
5. Roscoe James Bishop was born on Aug 01, 1926 in Mize, Smith, Mississippi, USA. He died on Jun 10, 1982 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 55).
6. Travis Bishop was born about 1936 in Mississippi, USA. He died between 1940–1950. (Not in 1950 census.)

Obituary

Leader-Call, Laurel, Miss., Tues., March 26, 1968, p. 2

DEATHS

MRS. BERTHA BISHOP

Mrs. Bertha Bishop, 79, of Route 3, Ellisville, who had been employed at Loper's Laundry for a long time died Tuesday in a Laurel hospital.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. from Memory Chapel with the Rev. Mr. Walker and The Rev. Carl Sullivan officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Smith County.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Bob (Lorine) Prince, Route 3, Ellisville; Mrs. Allen (Winnie) Prince, Laurel; two sons, W. Colin Bishop, Jackson; Roscoe Bishop, Laurel; nine grandchildren; four great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Alpha Ishee, Bay Springs; two brothers, William Walters, Mize; and Warren Walters of Mt. Olive. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Hunting For Bears, comp., Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), www.ancestry.com, Database online. Name: R. T. Bishop, Spouse: Bertha Walters, Marriage Date: 1 Jul 1916, County: Smith
2. ↑ findagrave Bertha Walters Bishop
3. ↑ Published Leader-Call, Laurel, Miss., Tues., March 26, 1968, p. 2

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3Q-6YD : accessed 2 January 2016), Bertha Bishop in household of Robert Bishop, Beat 3, Smith, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-12A, sheet 11A, family 182, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2065.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M8-SSJ : accessed 2 January 2016), Bertha Bishop in entry for Robert F Bishop, 1930.