Obituary - Edna Mae (Kaylor) Bishop
Kingsport — Edna Mae Kaylor Bishop , 90, passed away
Saturday, (Dec. 22, 2007) at St. Mary’s Residential Hospice in Knoxville,
Tenn.
Mrs. Bishop was a member of Lynn Garden Baptist Church and
helped in the church kitchen after her retirement from J.C. Penney’s. She
was a devoted and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Mrs. Bishop
was active in both the Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts, when her children were
young. She loved working on her family genealogy, quilting, writing, and
tending to her roses, but most of all she loved her family.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Ezra H. Bishop ; her parents,
Coy and Kate Kaylor; brothers, W. Ray “Bill” Kaylor, Ralph Kaylor, and Roy
Kaylor.
She is survived by her children and their spouses, David and Teresa
Bishop of Monroe Ga., Jean and Ken Lund of Knoxville, Tenn., Daryl and
Susan Bishop of Fayetteville, Ga.; grandchildren, Stacy
Bishop Jones and husband, David, Jonathan Bishop and wife,
Kacy, Holly Bishop Chalmers and husband, Jeff, Valerie
Bishop Leathers and husband, Clay, Michael Lund and wife, LeaAnn, Erin
Lund, Brittany Bishop and Megan Bishop ; seven
great-grandchildren; brother, James Kaylor of Corpus Christi, Tex.; sisters,
Ruby Kitzmiller of Kingsport and Tommie Fannon of Suwannee, Ga.; and several
nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hamlett-Dobson
Funeral Home, Kingsport.
Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with Rev.
Carl Strickler officiating.
Burial will follow at Holston View Cemetery.