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Submitted: 5/2/22 • Approved: 5/2/22 • Last Updated: 5/5/22 • R510973-G510971-S3
E. E. “Gene”
March 3, 1914-February 24, 1992
Jackie B.
December 2, 1923-December 3, 1966
Married August 20, 1943
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary E.E. “Gene”
E.E. Bishop
Feb. 24, 1992
E.E. Bishop, 77, of Hereford, died Monday Feb. 24.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Rose Chapel of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home with burial in West Park Cemetery. Officiating will be Brother Tony Reynolds of Forrest Heights Baptist Church of Clovis, N.M.
Born at Acme, Mr. Bishop came to Hereford in 1940 from Plainview. He was a retired building contractor. He married Jackie Buchanan in 1943 in Hereford. She died in 1966. He married Helen Sowell in 1982. She died in 1987. A son, Darwin Bishop, also preceded him in death.
Survivors are two sons, Gaylin Bishop of London, Ark., and Mickey Bishop of Dimmitt; five daughters, Wanda Henderson of Lubbock, Ann Gilbreath of Odessa, Gail Thompson of Amarillo, Kay Fuller of Clovis and Vanessa Frost of Denver, Colo.; 22 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 91st Year, No. 165, Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1992, Page 2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Eugene Edward Bishop
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 26
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 3 Mar 1914
Birth Place: Hardeman, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Kress, Swisher, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Kress, Swisher, Texas, USA
Employer: Tom Boyd
Height: 69
Weight: 135
Complexion: Dark
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Next of Kin: M L Bishop
Household Members Age Relationship
Eugene Edward Bishop 26 Self (Head)
M L Bishop Mother
Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2017
Name: Eugene E. Bishop
Marriage Date: 20 Aug 1943
Marriage Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: Jackie Bonita Buckanan
Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2017
Name: Eugene E Bishop
Gender: Male
Age: 68
Birth Date: abt 1914
Marriage Date: 19 May 1982
Marriage Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: [Mary H Tiefel ]
Case Number: 68191982056252
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Eugene Bishop
Death Date: 24 Feb 1992
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Eugene Edward Bishop [Eugene E Bishop]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 3 Mar 1914
Birth Place: Quanah, Texas
Death Date: 24 Feb 1992
Father: Marshall L Bishop
Mother: Ida M Holbert
Notes: Nov 1936: Name listed as EUGENE EDWARD BISHOP; 03 Jun 1993: Name listed as EUGENE E BISHOP
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