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PFC Merle Lawrence Bishop

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PFC Merle Lawrence Bishop

Birth
Okeene, Blaine County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
11 Aug 1984 (aged 89)
Purdy, Barry County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Cassville, Barry County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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3 May 1918 married Dolley Rachel Wishon in Oklahoma

Springfield Leader and Press
12 Aug 1984, Sun • Page 14
MERLE BISHOP
Services for Merle L. Bishop, 89, Cassville, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Axley's Culver Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Nickle officiating.
Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, east of Cassville.
Mr. Bishop died at 5:30 a.m. Saturday in the home of Nora Elis, Purdy, where he had received care for several months.
A native of Okeene, Oklahoma, he was a World War I Army veteran who served in France. A retired farmer, he was a member of the Church of God Holiness and a former member of Jenkins VFW.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Muriel Dell of Cassville and Mrs. Mary McPherson of Tulsa, Oklahoma; a brother Scott, of Escondido, California; a sister Mrs. Verna Beeson, of Cassville; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The family will be at the funeral home from 3 to 5 p.m. today.
3 May 1918 married Dolley Rachel Wishon in Oklahoma

Springfield Leader and Press
12 Aug 1984, Sun • Page 14
MERLE BISHOP
Services for Merle L. Bishop, 89, Cassville, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Axley's Culver Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Nickle officiating.
Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, east of Cassville.
Mr. Bishop died at 5:30 a.m. Saturday in the home of Nora Elis, Purdy, where he had received care for several months.
A native of Okeene, Oklahoma, he was a World War I Army veteran who served in France. A retired farmer, he was a member of the Church of God Holiness and a former member of Jenkins VFW.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Muriel Dell of Cassville and Mrs. Mary McPherson of Tulsa, Oklahoma; a brother Scott, of Escondido, California; a sister Mrs. Verna Beeson, of Cassville; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The family will be at the funeral home from 3 to 5 p.m. today.

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