Evelyn “Boots” Bishop, 85, of Fitzgerald, died Thursday, August 23, at the Irwin County Hospital.
Funeral services will be held 2 PM, Sunday, August 26, at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John Gibbs, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 Saturday evening at the funeral home.
Miss Bishop was born August 12, 1922, in Fitzgerald, to the late Lizzie Bishop. She lived in the community most of her life. Miss Bishop was a former employee of the Fitzgerald Cotton Mill and a retired Nurses Aide at Dorminy Memorial Hospital. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and active with the Senior Citizens Center.
She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Charles & Robbie Bishop; nieces, Rhonda Bryan and Wanda Bishop; nephews, Larry (Faye) Bishop and Lamar Bishop, all of Columbus; uncle and aunt, Joseph & Lucille Bishop of Jacksonville, FL; several nieces and nephews; special friends, Carolyn Nemeth and Walter Barnett, both of Fitzgerald.