William A. “Billy Boy” Bishop, 79 of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Dorminy Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 Saturday, April 3 at Pine Level United Methodist Church with Rev. Annette Brooks and Rev. Gary Griffin officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held 6-8 Friday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mr. Bishop was born July 9, 1930 in Fitzgerald to the late Bennie A. and Isabelle Garlock Bishop. He was a 1947 graduate of Fitzgerald High School. Mr. Bishop was a Plasterers’ and Cement Mason, Local # 148 working union jobs in Atlanta and Fitzgerald. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Mr. Bishop was a member of Pine Level United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife: Esther B. Bishop of Fitzgerald; sons and daughters-in-law: Terry & Pam Bishop, Craig & Angie Bishop and Audie Bishop, all of Fitzgerald; daughter and son-in-law: Teena & Mark Brown of Fitzgerald; grandchildren: Amber Bishop (Jed) Defore, Jacqueline Bishop, Kristeena Suarez, William Craig Bishop, Matthew Bishop and Ryan Bishop; sister: Eloise B. Ellis of Moultrie. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by a great grandson, Baby Boy Defore and a brother, Richard Bishop.