Montgomery Standard, Montgomery County, Missouri, 4 February 1965 Ernest Bishop Buried In New Florence. Ernest Bishop, a former resident of New Florence and Montgomery City died January 23, 1965 at his home in Waukegan, Ill. He was born April 1, 1902 in Martinsburg the son of Laura Taylor and Thomas Jefferson Bishop. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Patricia Jones, Mrs. Karen Schuff and Mrs. Arlene Baker all of Detroit, Mich.; one brother Neal Bishop of New Florence, six sisters, Mrs. Nettie Bishop, Bellflower, Mrs. Ruth Cunningham, Montgomery City, Mrs. Flossie Kobush, Mineola, Mrs. Neomia Trowbridge, Cattleburg, Ky., Mrs. Elizabeth Hastings, Shelbina, Mo. and Maurine Covington, Medford, Ore. Mr. Bishop attended the New Florence and Montgomery City Public Schools when his family lived in this area. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, January 31 from the Baker Funeral Home in New Florence by the Rev. John Gerdeman. Burial was the New Florence Cemetery.
Thomas Jefferson and Laura Ellen (Taylor) Bishop Family
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