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Extracted from The Winn Parish News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Friday, October 22, 1937

Billie Joe Bishop Killed, Accidental Discharge of Gun

Loaded Gun Falls From Wall Rack As Father Repairs Door

Billie Joe Bishop, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Bishop of Gaars Mill, was instantly killed by the load of a gun that was discharged when it was dislodged from its wall rack Friday morning of last week.

Mr. Bishop, the child's father, was engaged in repairing a door near which the gun rested in the rack, and the jarring caused the gun, a double barrel shot gun, to fall and in some way pull the hammer causing the gun to fire the load, which hit the child at the base of the throat, severing the head from the body.

Nearby were two other children and Mrs. Bishop who were not injured by the gun load.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at three o'clock at the Harmony Grove Church conducted by Rev. G. A. Morgan, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Winnfield. Interment was made in the church cemetery.

The baby is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Bishop, brothers Henry P. Bishop, Jr., Ft. Bliss, Texas, Edgar Bishop, Jamie Bishop, Kelley Bishop, of Gaars Mill, and sisters Mrs. Virgil Kelly, Baskin, Sarah Eason Bishop, Dallas, Texas, Mrs. Lamar Ford, Sikes.