Mary Lee Bishop

She was born in Chester County, daughter of the late Al & Rebecca Wallace Melton. She attended School in Chester Count and was married to William Bryan Bishop on May 3, 1934. Mr. Bishop died in 1985. Mrs. Bishop lived in Bolivar Tennessee for forty years where she worked as an aide and later as a LPN and in administration for the Western State Mental Health Hospital. She retired in 1984. She was a member of the Parrans Chapel Baptist Church in Bolivar. Mrs. Bishop moved to Memphis in 1997 to be near her daughters.



She is survived by two daughters Mary Ruth Colbert and Rebecca Jane Helvering both of Memphis, three grandchildren Cynthia Renee Davis, Leanne Peace, John Shane Helvering and one great grandchild Andrew Bryan Helvering. She also leaves one sister Mrs. Virginia Burress.



Mrs. Bishop was preceded in death by a daughter Martha Sue Peace, four brothers, Wallace Melton, David Melton, Paul Melton and Freddy Melton.