In re KARL LOUIE BISHOP, July 20, 1922 - May 5, 1984

Mr. President, Frank Grace, Jr., Esq., Mr. Chairman, James R. Cheshire III, Esq., family and friends of those here today being memorialized, members of the Bar and other friends,

Karl Louie Bishop was born July 20, 1922 at Greenwood, Mississippi, being a twin of James A. Bishop, surviving, a child of James Louie and Abigail Simmons Bishop.

His early education was had in elementary and high schools in Mississippi and Louisiana. A pre-law student at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, he also was a member of the school boxing team.

Karl Louie Bishop graduated, March 1, 1945, from Cumberland Law School and began practice June 1, 1945.

Karl Louie Bishop and Joy Saxon Bishop, of Peach County, Georgia, were married January 11, 1947. He is survived by his widow, Joy Saxon Bishop, and six children, Richard, Barry, Bruce, Pamela, Peggy and Rebecca Bishop.

Karl Louie Bishop held membership in the Nashville Bar Association and the BPOE, Lodge 72, and former member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Nashville Junior Chamber of Commerce, Brentwood Country Club (22 years) and Crockett Springs/Nashville Golf and Athletic Club.

His hobbies were cooking, golf and his family.

Karl Louie Bishop was an attorney at the Nashville Bar for thirty-eight (38) years. Known for his current knowledge of the law, he was a ready source of information for other attorneys. He was a quiet, generally unemotional person who was content to spend most of his time in the law. Tenacious for proper procedure to be available to all who entered his office door, he served the needy and others without pay, receiving valued satisfaction solving and concluding a legal problem for his client.

As a cook, he delighted family and friends alike with his Mississippi and Louisiana style cooking.

As a golfer, he found much satisfaction in being able to putt well. Mr. Bishop lost the use of one eye when as a child the spring on his grandmother's screen door loosed and recoiled into the eye. Throughout his practice at the bar and in recreation Mr. Bishop would not let his impairment interfere.

Karl Louie Bishop indeed was a family man and had many friends during his years of practice. Rebecca Ann Bishop, his youngest child leaves in his memory this poem:

MY FATHER - KARL L. BISHOP
WRITTEN BY REBECCA ANN BISHOP

MY FATHER WAS A VERY COMPASSIONATE MAN
WHO ENJOYED HELPING OTHERS,
EVEN AFTER MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS TOGETHER YOU COULD
TELL THAT MY MOM AND DAD WERE STILL LOVERS!

MY FATHER LOVED ALL SIX OF HIS CHILDREN
VERY MUCH,
EVEN WHEN WE WERE FAR FROM HOME
WE ALWAYS KEPT IN TOUCH!

MY FATHER USED TO ENJOY PLAYING GOLF
AND SITTING OUT IN THE SUN,
WHEN WE WENT ON VACATION WE ALWAYS
HAD A LOT OF FUN!

MY FATHER HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR
THAT JUST WOULDN'T QUIT,
OCCASSIONALLY HE WOULD LOSE HIS TEMPER
AND REALLY THROW A FIT!

MY FATHER WAS A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATIONALIST
AND A GREAT PROVIDER,
FOR THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS HE REPRESENTED HIS CLIENTS IN
THE COURTROOM WHERE HE WAS KNOWN AS A REAL FIGHTER.

MY FATHER WAS VERY INTELLIGENT AND
HIS INFLUENCE WAS STRONG,
WITH HIM GUIDING ME THROUGH MY CHILDHOOD
HOW COULD I GO WRONG?

MY FATHER WAS A MAN WHO WORKED
VERY HARD OVER THE YEARS,
NOW THAT HE IS GONE HIS FAMILY
WILL SHED MANY TEARS!

MY FATHER WAS MY HERO AND
ALWAYS WILL BE,
I'LL MEET HIM AGAIN IN HEAVEN
JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE!

by Rebecca Ann Bishop
June 20th, 1984

Mr. President, Mr. Chairman, your committee herewith tenders this RESOLUTION memorializing our deceased brother at the bar and respectfully request it be engrossed in perpetuity with the Bar.

We thank you

BY: (signed)
ROBERT SKINNER, Chmn.
Jay Evans, Esq.
John Thrower, Esq.

RESOLUTION ADOPTED
NOVEMBER 13, 1984

(signed)
John N. Popham, Secretary
Fred Grace Jr., President