Gayle Thomas Bishop (1938 - 2016)

Born 31 Jul 1938 in Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA

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Gayle Bishop is buried in Magee Cemetery.

Biography

Gayle Thomas Bishop was born on Aug 01, 1938 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA as the third child of Mims Turner Bishop and Willie Mae Bishop.

He had two siblings, namely: Robert Walker Sr, and Bettie Louise.

He died on Jul 24, 2016 (Age at Death: 77).

First married to Gretna Carolyn Jones. They divorced.

When he was 50, he married Linda Diane Bratcher, daughter of Milton Allen Bratcher and Willie Lois Warren, on Oct 12, 1988 (second date they married).

Gayle Thomas Bishop lived in Marion, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940.

He lived in Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1950 (StreetAddress: Magee Martimille Road; 11 Age: 11; EnumerationDistrict: 64-11; IsEmployed: no; LiveOnFarm: Yes; OccupationCategory: Ot; SeekingWork: no; ThreeOrMoreAcres: Yes; WorkedLastWeek: no; Son RelationToHead: Son; Never Married MaritalStatus: Single). Race: (White)

He was buried in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Magee Cemetery). ^[1]

Gayle Thomas Bishop and Linda Diane Bratcher had the following children:

1. Belinda Lois Bishop was born and died on Feb 01, 1975 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Magee General Hospital).
2. Daniel Allen Bishop was born and died on Jul 12, 1978.

Gayle Thomas Bishop and Gretna Carolyn Jones had the following children:

1. Thomas David Bishop was born on May 17, 1957 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. He died on Mar 06, 2013 in Hattiesburg, Forrest, Mississippi, USA (Forrest General Hospital, Age at Death: 55). ^[2]
2. Gregory Carroll Bishop was born on Sep 23, 1971. He died on Jun 11, 2022 in Mount Olive, Covington, Mississippi, USA (at home; Age at Death: 50).
3. Hamilton Bishop.

Obituary

Tutor Funeral Home Chapel; Written by Terry Tutor On July 25, 2016

Gayle Thomas Bishop, 77, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2016. He was born on July 31, 1938, to his parents, the late Mims Bishop and Willie (Runnels) Bishop.

Mr. Bishop retired from the Magee Police department. He is survived by his wife, Linda Diane (Bratcher) Bishop; sister, Louise Cole; sons, Hamilton (Kathleen) Bishop and Greg Bishop and six grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Mims and Willie Bishop; brother, Robert Bishop and son, David Bishop.

Visitation will be Tuesday, July 26, 2016 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., services to begin at 10:00 a.m. in the Tutor Funeral Home Chapel, Magee, Mississippi.^[3]

Research Notes

Most Public Records has birth date as Aug 1, 1938. Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Bishop-4082 01:14, 28 August 2016 (EDT)

Gayle married several times. First wife, Gretna Carolyn Jones, marriage ended in divorce. Married twice again then married Linda Diane Bratcher, marriage ended in divorce. Married again, then remarried Linda Diane Bratcher. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167408249/gayle-thomas-bishop: accessed 11 November 2023), memorial page for Gayle Thomas Bishop (31 Jul 1938–24 Jul 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 167408249, citing Magee Cemetery, Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by MyrtisJane (contributor 47090616).
2. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPD-TBCV : Wed Oct 18 23:35:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Mr Thomas David Bishop and Rev John David Kittrell, 14 Mar 2013.
3. ↑ Tutor Funeral Home Chapel; Written by Terry Tutor On July 25, 2016
4. ↑ Oral history told to me, Myrtis Bishop by Tennie Bishop, August 2016.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBSF-W53 : accessed 28 August 2016), Gail Thos Bishop in household of Mims Bishop, Beat 2, Marion, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46-12, sheet 11A, family 195, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2048.