Montgomery Standard, Montgomery County, Montgomery City, Missouri, 26 April 1956

	G.A. Bishop Dies In Nursing Home.  Granville Addison Bishop passed 
away at the Shetley Nursing Home at Bell City, Missouri on Sunday, April 15, 
1956.  He had enjoyed good health for his years until four months ago.
	He was the youngest child of Granville A. and Mary Spears Bishop and 
was born in Montgomery County, Missouri, March 22, 1860 where he grew to 
manhood.  About 1877 he went west where he spent a number of years during 
the time of its early development.  On December 26, 1906, he was married to 
Miss Russie Elgin of near Wellsville, and they made their home in Colorado. 
Following that, he engaged in farming near Wellsville for about ten years, 
and in 1925 the family moved to St Louis.  Due to the ill health of Mrs. 
Bishop, and Mr. Bishop's advanced age, they went to live with their daughter 
in 1941.
	Mr. Bishop is survived by the daughter, Mrs. Oren (Truedell) 
McMackins of Painton, Missouri;  four grandchildren;  two great 
grandchildren;  two half-sisters, Mrs. Ellen Shamby and Mrs. Amelia Brower; 
 a half-brother, George Clement;  and a number of nieces and nephews.
	One sister, Mrs. Jennie Turk (and an infant sister);  four brothers, 
Dave, Beverly, Samuel and John Bishop;  and a half-brother, George Clement, 
preceded him in death.
	He made a profession of faith in Christ and united with the Hope 
Baptist Church of Painton, Missouri, on June 7, 1953;  where funeral 
services were held Tuesday with Reverend Earnest Lee, the pastor, 
officiating.  Burial was in the Maple Cemetery of Caruthersville, Missouri, 
beside Mrs. Bishop, who passed away in 1942. 
	He will be sadly missed by those left behind.

Wellsville Optic News, Montgomery County, Wellsville, Missouri, 14 August 1942

	Mrs. G. A. Bishop, Former Resident of This Vicinity, Died.  Mrs. 
Granville A. Bishop, a resident near Wellsville for several years, passed 
away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oren McMackins, in Clarksville, Mo., 
in Pike county, August 8, 1942.  According to a letter received this week 
from Mrs. McMackins, Mrs. Bishop requested that her funeral and burial 
services be held in Caruthersville and "her obituary be published in the 
Wellsville Optic-News, our home-town newspaper".
	Russie Effie Elgin was born near Clarksville, Mo., in Pike county, 
October 18, 1874.  When she was 5 1/2 years of age her family moved to 
Callaway county and the following year to Montgomery county, where she grew 
to womanhood.  She taught several terms of school in the rural communities 
of this county.  She was united with the Baptist church when about 18 years 
of age but in the later years of her life was a member of the Methodist 
church.
	She was married to Granville A. Bishop on December 26, 1906 and they 
became the parents of one child, a daughter.  The early years of their 
married life were spent in Colorado, then they returned to Wellsville and 
made their home here until moving to St. Louis in 1925.  In June, 1941, Mrs. 
Bishop's ill health caused them to go to Caruthersville to reside with their 
daughter, Mrs. McMackins.
	Survivors are her husband and daughter;  three grandchildren, 
Wallace, Loeta and Carol McMackins of Caruthersville;  a sister, Mrs. Emma 
Estell of St. Louis, and two brothers, Will Elgin of California and Isaac 
Elgin of St. Louis.
	Mrs. Bishop is remembered by many of the older residents of 
Wellsville and nearby communities.  She was the daughter of the late Thomas 
and Gertrude Elgin who lived in Wellsville for several years.