Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Cammie Butler Bishop

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The Hominy News - Progress
Vol. 34, No. 40
Wednesday, October 2, 2002
Page 5

Cammie Butler Bishop

Florence Cammie Bishop was born July 8, 1920 near Sinnett, OK., in rural 
Pawnee County.  She was the daughter of Verazzani Columbus "Raz" and Oza 
Florence "Ma" Butler.  She attended her early education at Sinnett School 
and then attended Cleveland schools in junior and senior high.

Shortly after the completion of her schooling, Cammie was married to 
Dalton A. B. Bishop in Pawnee.  The couple made their initial home in 
Cleveland but moved to Los Angeles, CA., shortly before the start of World 
War II, where A. B. was employed as a draftsman for North American Aircraft 
during the war.  They returned to Cleveland in 1945 when A. B. accepted 
employment with Johnson Oil Company and Refinery.  The couple had six 
children, Virginia, Erma, Carolyn, Delores, Leon and Paul.  In addition to 
being a full time mother, Cammie worked as a clerk for the Wiles Grocery 
and later for Wayne Lawrence Grocery.

In 1963, they moved to Pasadena, TX., when a. B. was hired as supervisor 
of the Humane Department for the City of Pasadena.  While residing in the 
Houston area, Cammie continued working in the grocery business as a clerk 
for Mucasey Grocery.  They moved to Lake Livingston in 1978 and A. B. and 
Cammie became charter members of the Shoreline Baptist Church at Memorial 
Point in Livingston, TX.  The couple returned to Oklahoma in 1993 and 
moved to their home near Prue on Keystone Lake.

A. B. preceded her in death on Sept. 26, 1995.  Cammie was a faithful and 
active member of the First Baptist Church in Cleveland.  She was a 
wonderful cook and especially enjoyed cooking for her family.  Her 
favorite pastime was spending time with her children, grandchildren and 
great-grandchildren.  She also has a special relationship with her sisters, 
who where affectionately known throughout the Cleveland area as the Butler 
girls.  Cammie passed away on Mon. Sept. 23, 2002 at the Cleveland Area 
Hospital at the age of 82 years, 2 months and 15 days.  In addition to her 
husband, Cammie was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Logan 
Butler in 1937 and William Butler in 1999; and three sisters, Blanche 
Garrison in 1980, Dona Demoia Bridwell in 2000 and Katherine Green in 2001; 
and a son, Leon Bishop on May 23, 1996.

She is survived by five children, Virginia and Jim Eastham, San Antonio, 
TX, Erma and Richard Toothman, Prue, Carolyn and David Rusco, Silver City, 
Delores Hutto, Cleburne, TX., and Paul and Sonya Bishop, Van, TX; daughter-
in-law Judy Bishop, Liberty, TS; seventeen grandchildren, twenty-seven 
great-grandchildren, and three sisters, Maxine Griffin, Cleveland, Willa 
Jo Stephens, Cleveland, and Charlene Curtis, Skiatook.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Thurs. Sept. 26, 2002 at the First 
Baptist Church in Cleveland with Dr. Larry Wilson officiating.  Burial was 
held at the Woodland Cemetery under the direction of the Chapman-Black 
Funeral Home.
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