Tommie Louisa (Bishop) Wilkinson (1926 - 2011)

Born 3 Aug 1926 in Braxton, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

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Died 31 Jul 2011 at age 84 in McComb, Pike, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Tommie Louisa "Tommie Lou" Bishop was born on Aug 03, 1926 in Braxton, Simpson, Mississippi, USA as the first child of Byron Tillman Bishop Sr. and Louisa Sullivan. She had three siblings, namely: Mary Katherine, Byron Tillman Jr, and Curtis Tillman.

She died on Jul 31, 2011 in McComb, Pike, Mississippi, USA (at home of daughter; Age at Death: 84). ^[1]

Tommie Louisa "Tommie Lou" Bishop lived in McCall, Franklin, Mississippi in 1930 (Age: 3; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter).

She lived in McComb, Pike, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 14; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter).

She was buried in McComb, Pike, Mississippi, USA (Reeves Cemetery). ^[2]

Alfred "Pete" Wilkinson and Tommie Louisa "Tommie Lou" Bishop had children (see obituary) .

Obituary

Tommie Louisa "Lou" Wilkinson (August 3, 1926 - July 31, 2011)

Tommie Louisa "Lou" Wilkinson, 84, of McComb died July 31, 2011 at the home of her daughter. She was born on August 3, 1926 in Braxton, MS to the late Rev. B. T. Bishop, Sr. and Louisa Sullivan Bishop.

She was a member of New Heights Baptist Church and retired from North Pike School District as a teacher. She taught government and economics for 23 years and always encouraged her students to register to vote and then vote. She taught Sunday School most of her adult life and said if she had been a man, she would have been a preacher. She loved to witness for Jesus and was concerned with lost souls. She loved her country and and was devoted to church missions. Mrs. Wilkinson was an avid NFL fan, especially Eli "Little Eli" Manning.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Wilkinson, brothers, Curtis Bishop and B.T. Bishop, Jr. and a brother-in-law Leroy "Buddy" Brewer.

She was survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Alfred Byron Wilkinson and Annette; daughter and son-in-law, Jennie Lou Stockton and Dwight; grandchildren, Ray Wilkinson, Reese Wilkinson and his wife Nikki, Benji Stockton, and Brett Stockton and his wife Donna; great grandchildren, Alfred Ray Wilkinson, Maggie Wilkinson and their mother, Kathy Wilkinson, Wyatt Wilkinson, MacKenzie Stockton, and MacKayla Stockton; her sister, Mary Katherine Brewer; sisters-in-law, Betty Jean Bishop and Barbara Ann Bishop.

Visitation will be Monday, August 1, from 6 PM until 8 PM and continues Tuesday from 10AM until services at 11 AM in Hartman-Sharkey Chapel with the Rev. LaVerne Summerlin and Rev. Allen Dearing officating. Interment will be at Reeves Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Ray Wilkinson, Reese Wilkinson, Benji Stockton, Brett Stockton, Alfred Ray Wilkinson, Luke Brewer, and Joseph Cothern.

Memorials may be made to Hospice Compassus 140 North 5th St. McComb, MS 39648 ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQNG-513 : accessed 22 July 2015), Tommie L Wilkinson, 31 Jul 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVQ-FPPX : accessed 22 July 2015), Tommie Lou Bishop Wilkinson, 2011; Burial, McComb, Pike, Mississippi, United States of America, Reeves Cemetery; citing record ID 9293713, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
3. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWH-RNBQ : accessed 22 July 2015), Mrs Tommie Louisa Or Lou Wilkinson, McComb, Mississippi, United States, 01 Aug 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Enterprise-Journal, born-digital text.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBST-546 : accessed 22 July 2015), Tommie Lou Bishop in household of B T Bishop, Ward 3, McComb, Beat 4, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 57-19, sheet 4A, family 78, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2058.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMB2-RNG : accessed 22 July 2015), Tomnie Lou Bishop in household of Byram Bishop, McCall, Franklin, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0010, sheet 1B, family 14, line 65, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1143; FHL microfilm 2,340,878.