Obituaries: "Bishop surname only"; Winn, Louisiana
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Billy Joe Bishop

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Submitter: Greggory E. Davies
Date: 20 June 2004
Source: Winnfield News-American
October 22, 1937
Billie Joe Bishop Killed, Accidental Discharge of Gun
Loaded Gun Falls From Wall Rack As Father Repairs Door
Billie Joe Bishop, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P.
Bishop of Gaars Mill, was instantly killed by the load of a gun
that was discharged when it was dislodged from its wall rack Friday
morning of last week.
Mr. Bishop, the child's father, was engaged in repairing a door
near which the gun rested in the rack, and the jarring caused the
gun, a double barrel shot gun, to fall and in some way pull the
hammer causing the gun to fire the load, which hit the child at the base
of the throat, severing the head from the body.
Nearby were two other children and Mrs. Bishop who were not
injured by the gun load.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at three o'clock at
the Harmony Grove Church conducted by Rev. G. A. Morgan, pastor of
the First Methodist Church of Winnfield. Interment was made in the
church cemetery.
The baby is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Bishop,
brothers Henry P. Bishop, Jr., Ft. Bliss, Texas, Edgar Bishop, Jamie
Bishop, Kelley Bishop, of Gaars Mill, and sisters Mrs. Virgil Kelly,
Baskin, Sarah Eason Bishop, Dallas, Texas, Mrs. Lamar Ford, Sikes.
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