Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Tuesday, February 16, 1971

LAWRENCE L. BISHOP

BAY SPRINGS, Miss. -- Funeral services for Lawrence L. Bishop, 96, Rt. 2, Louin, who died Tuesday morning at Jasper General Hospital, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Antioch Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Revs. R. L. Massey and Jerry Westbrook will officiate. Memory Chapel of Bay Springs is in charge of arrangements.

Bishop is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lottie Bishop of Louin; four daughters: Mrs. Bessie McNeil, Louin; Mrs. Elvie Meadows, Mrs. Lillie Montgomery, both of Laurel; Mrs. Leonora Thornton, Huntsville, Ala.; four sons: Alner Bishop, Clermont Harbor; Harvey Bishop, Milton, Fla.; Lawrence Bishop, Seattle, Wash.; and Ernest Bishop, Pensacola, Fla.; 18 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren; also six step-daughters; four step-sons; 24 step-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren.