Extracted from The Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, MS)
Thursday, March 30, 1939

COVINGTON COUNTY NEWS NOTES

The death of Mrs. F. P. Bishop and Mrs. J. P. Shores of the Cold Springs community has saddened the entire community. Mrs. Bishop and Mrs. Shores were both charter members of the Cold Springs Baptist church and both had the same birthday March 3. Mrs. Bishop was born in 1875 and Mrs. Shores was born in 1877.

They died only nine days apart. Funeral services for each were held at Cold Springs church. Interment for Mrs. Shores was at the Mt. Horeb cemetery, while Mrs. Bishop was buried at Cold Springs.