Cobb County  Georgia Obits Herbert (Pat) Patterson Bishop +
Mrs. Leila Hamby Bishop
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Jan 1973
   Ex-Councilman Pat Bishop Dies at 59


   Herbert (Pat) Patterson Bishop, 59, of 9124 North Fairground St. M.E., 
Marietta died Tuesday. 
   A prayer service will be 6 p.m. Thursday at the Mayes Ward Funeral Home. A 
prayer Cathcelebrated Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m., 
Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
   Bishop was a native and life long resident of Cobb county. He was a member 
of St. Joseph Catholic Church and a member of the Marietta ____ Club for 20 
years. He was the operator of the meat market at Dul're? for 20 years. He 
later owned and operated Pat's Market at Cole Street in Marietta until he 
retired in 1969 because of ill health. He was a former councilman of the city 
of Marietta in the early 1940s and was formerly married to the late Lucy 
Valker Bishop who died in 1970.
   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Medford Bishop of Marietta, one 
daughter, Mra. Margaret Ann Grimesy of Alexandria, VA, one son Patrick A. 
Bishop of Marietta, three sisters, Mrs. Stanley A. Hemp, and Mrs. C. E. Iler, 
both of Marietta and Mrs. M. H. LaBorie of Sarasota, Fla., one brother, 
Albert H. Bishop of Marietta, stepson, John F. Cantrell of Marietta, one 
granddaughter, Mary Carla Grimsey, three grandsons, John F. Cantrell III, 
Steve Cantrell and Nicolas Cantrell.
   In lieu of flowers contributions may be given in ___ ___ of Perpetual 
Health Hospital, 100 Washington St., ___ Atlanta.
   
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   Mrs. Bishop's Funeral Rites Held Monday
  
   Rites for Mrs. Leila Hamby Bishop, 84, of 116 Cherry Street, were held at 
2 p.m., Monday in the First Methodist Church.  The Rev. Gordon Thompson 
officiated. Burial was in Marietta City Cemetery. Dobbins Funeral Home was in 
charge.
   She was the mother of Al Bishop, city recreation director.
   Mrs. Bishop died Friday night. She was a native Mariettan, the daughter of 
the late P. T. and Theresa Gober Hamby. In 1901 she married the late A. A. 
Bishop.
   A member of the Methodist Church, the deceased was afflilated with the 
Philathee Class, the Phillips-Manget Circle of the WSCS, the Friendship Club 
and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
   Formerly, Mrs. Bishop taught school in East Marietta, Mableton and 
Roswell. She attended Marietta High School, Marwood Seminary and Normal 
School, Athens.
   Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Cleve Hicks, Atlanta, Mrs. Stanley 
Hemp, Mrs. Charles Iler, Marietta; Mrs Joseph Boyle, Columbia, S. C.; two 
sons, A. H., H. P. Bishop, Marietta; seven grandchildren; one brother, Edgar 
Hamby, Warner Robins, four sisters-in-law, Mrs. J. T. Hamby, Marietta, Mrs. 
P. H. Hamby, Birmingham, Ala.; several nieces and nephews.

Marietta Journal, Feb 1960 

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