Margaret Ella (Jones) Bishop (1926 - 2004)

Born 20 Dec 1926 in Williamsburg, Covington, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of James Robert Jones and Laura Alzedia (Carney) Jones

Wife of Walter R Bishop — married 9 Jul 1945 in Mendenhall, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 15 May 2004 at age 77 in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Margaret Ella Jones was born on Dec 20, 1926 in Covington County, Mississippi, USA (Williamsburg community) as the ninth child of James "Jim" Robert Jones and Laura Alzedia Carney. ^{[1] [2]}

She had nine siblings, namely: Vergie Mae, Pearlie Jane, Hollis Willie Ray, Myrtle Lee,Virgil Jackson, Henry Ance, Annie Laura, Martha Edna (her identical twin), and Robert Calvin.

She died on May 15, 2004 in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, USA (at home; Age at Death: 77). ^{[3] [4]}

When she was 18, she married Walter R Bishop, son of Tilmon Melvin Bishop and Minnie Mae Sellers, on Jul 09, 1945 in Mendenhall, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA. Witnesses were Mrs. T. M. Bishop [i.e. mother-in-law] and Annie Jones [i.e. sister]. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Her height was 5 ft. 5 in. She grew up at Shady Grove Community, Simpson County, Mississippi). She was diagnosed with diabetes at about age 35. She was employed as a day care worker at Prentiss Baptist Church for over 25 years.

She lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi in 1930 (Age: 3 1/12; Marital Status: Single; Relation: Daughter).

She lived in Simpson, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 13; Marital Status: Single; Relation: Sister-in-law).

She lived in , Newton, Mississippi, USA in 1950 (23 Age: 23; EnumerationDistrict: 51-18; Wife RelationToHead: Wife; Married MaritalStatus: Married).

She lived in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, USA from 1956 until her death in 2004.

She was baptized about 1941 at Ance Cole pond, located in rural Mendenhall, Simpson County, Mississippi. She died at home on 15 May 2004 with her children by her bed side.

Margaret Ella (Jones) Bishop is buried in Brady Cemetery.

Margaret Ella and Martha Edna were identical twins. Margaret Ella was named after her grandmother Margaret Satcher Carney. Martha Edna was named after her grandmother Martha Ellen Stephens Jones. My mother, Margaret Ella told me that in the house where she was born, the two previous families living there each had a set of twins. Margaret Ella was born second according to her birth certificate. Bishop-4082 22:31, 22 December 2017 (EST). Recently a daughter of Martha Edna tested with 23andme and her results along with my results confirmed that our mother's were identical. Bishop-4082 02:48, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Walter R Bishop and Margaret Ella Jones had the following children:

1. Walter "Ray" Bishop. Married to Vera Carolyn Broome. After divorce married to Nancy Arline Jordan.
2. Patsy Maureen "Pat" Bishop was born on Nov 18, 1947 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. She died on Nov 21, 2010 in Sontag, Lawrence, Mississippi, USA (at home; Age at Death: 63). She married Albert William "Duts" Holden Jr on Nov 15, 1967 in Louisiana, USA.
3. Betty Jean Bishop. Married to Kenneth Terrell Robbins Sr.
4. Myrtis Jane Bishop. Married to James Edward Craig Jr.
5. Margaret Minnie Bishop. Married to Richard Hiram Bourn. One child. After divorce married to Mark Roy Mrstik. Two children. After divorce married to James Coble. Divorced.
6. Danny Tilman Bishop was born on Dec 27, 1954 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. He died on Dec 29, 1954 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 2 days).
7. Richard Tillman Bishop was born on Feb 02, 1958 in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, USA. He died on May 02, 2007 in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, USA (at home, Age at Death: 49). Never married.
8. Linda Annette Bishop was born on Jul 06, 1962 in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, USA. She died on Jul 30, 2022 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (St Dominic's Hospital; Age at Death: 60). She married Kenneth Lee "Kenny" Hester Sr on Jan 31, 1981 in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, USA.

Bio by her daughter, Myrtis. ^[9]

Obituary

Hattiesburg American, Sunday, May 16, 2004

Margaret Bishop ^[10]

PRENTISS - Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Saulters-Moore Funeral Home Chapel in Prentiss for Margaret Ella Bishop, 77, of Prentiss, who died May 15, 2004, at her home.

Burial will be in Brady Cemetery.

Mrs. Bishop was a retired day care worker. She was a member of Prentiss Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Bishop.

Survivors include two sons, Ray Bishop of Mendenhall, and Richard Bishop of Prentiss; five daughters, Pat Holden of Sontag, Betty Robbins of Carson, Myrtis Craig of Orlando, Fla., Margaret Coble of Iowa, Linda Hester of Prentiss; one sister, Annie Dennis of Mount Olive; 19 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 2:30-9 p.m. today and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Sources

1. ↑ Mississippi Birth Certificate # 49345; According to her, her name on certificate should be Margaret not Margret Ella Jones.
2. ↑ Source Information, Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.Name: Margaret Ella Jones [Margaret Ella Bishop] [Margaret Bishop] SSN: xxx Gender: Female Race: White Birth Date: 20 Dec 1926 Birth Place: Covington, Mississippi [Collins, Mississippi] Father Name: James R Jones Mother Name: Laura A Carney Death Date: 15 May 2004 Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Apr 1944: Name listed as MARGARET ELLA JONES; Aug 1945: Name listed as MARGARET ELLA BISHOP; 20 May 2004: Name listed as MARGARET E BISHOP
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGCK-B49 : accessed 8 January 2016), Margaret E Bishop, 15 May 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
4. ↑ Mississippi Death Certificate
5. ↑ Marriage Certificate: Marriage Record 16-White, Page 227 R,M, Grubbs, Circuit Clerk, Simpson County, Mendenhall, Miss.
6. ↑ Bishop-Jones Marriage Told in Simpson County News (Mendenhall, Mississippi) · Thu, Jul 12, 1945 · Page 5
7. ↑ Marriage Date is also on Headstone
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKQ-LN2Z : accessed 8 January 2016), Margaret Ella Bishop, 2004; Burial, , Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, United States of America, Brady Cemetery; citing record ID 33087902, Find a Grave, Findagrave Record for Margaret Ella Jones Bishop
9. ↑ Myrtis Bishop, August 19, 2014.
10. ↑ Obituary for Margaret Ella Jones Bishop Clipped from Hattiesburg American, 16 May 2004, Sun, Page 21

• Death Certificate - Margaret Ella Bishop
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ7B-FSDB : accessed 8 January 2016), Margaret E Bishop, Residence, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
• Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022), Ancestry.com, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Newton, Mississippi; Roll: 4680; Sheet Number: 36; Enumeration District: 51-18. Record for Walter R Bushop. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=47538161&indiv=try.

Name: Walter R Bishop

Age: 25

Birth Date: abt 1925

Gender: Male

Birth Place: Mississippi

Marital Status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Head

Residence Date: 1950

Home in 1950: Newton, Mississippi, USA

Dwelling Number: B381

Household Members Age Relationship

Walter R Bishop 25 Head

Margaret E Bishop 23 Wife

Walter R Bishop 3 Son

Patsy Bishop 2 Daughter

Betty J Bishop 0 Daughter

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB33-ZSC : accessed 8 January 2016), Magret Ella Jones in household of Homer Stevens, Beat 2, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64-13, sheet 9A, family 142, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2064.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MZ-ZK6 : accessed 8 January 2016), Ella Jones in entry for James R Jones, 1930.
• Birth Certificate - Margret Ella Jones - her birth certificate name is spelled Margret but according to my mother her name should have been spelled Margaret. Bishop-4082 19:31, 6 June 2017 (EDT)
• Paternal relationship is confirmed with a 23andMe test match between Myrtis Bishop and Tennie (Jones) Bishop, 2nd cousins once removed. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: "2nd Cousin based on 1.96% DNA shared across 9 segments."