Hood County Texas Genealogical Society

SALLIE FRANCIS LANDERS BISHOP

1873 - 1947

 
 
MRS. J. M. BISHOP FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY
 
Found in a scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison of Junction, Texas
(name of newspaper not known)
 
In the death of Mrs. J. M. Bishop at her home in Junction Tuesday, June 24, Kimble county lost
another of its few remaining true pioneer citizens.
 
Funeral services for Mrs. Bishop were held Wednesday afternoon, June 25, at three o'clock at the
family home, with Elder Walter W. Leamons in charge of the services.
 
Interment was made in Junction Cemetery. The Smith Funeral Home of Kerrville had charge of
arrangements.
 
Mrs. Bishop was born near Granbury in Hood county on February 2, 1873. Mr. [Joseph M.] and
Mrs. Bishop were married on February 14, 1889. She was Miss Sallie Frances Landers, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Landers and the wedding took place in the home of the bride's parents near
Lipan, Texas. J.T. Matthews, brother-in-law of Mr. Bishop, was the Justice of the Peace who
performed the ceremony.
 
Claiming the honor of being the oldest Valentine couple in Southwest Texas, they celebrated their
Golden Wedding anniversary on February 14, 1939.
 
The couple resided in Hood County after their marriage until 1897 when they moved to Kimble settling
on the Llano River five miles from Junction. Nine years later they moved to Bear Creek.
 
After retiring from the ranching business the couple moved to Hot Springs, New Mexico, but five
years later they came back, and settled on 100 acres of land along the Johnson Fork. In 1943 they
sold this place and moved to Junction where they made their home until Mrs. Bishop's death.
 
Deceased is survived by her husband, three sons, Charlie, W.T. and Allen, all of Junction, and one
daughter, Mrs. Arch Reynolds of Menard County; 10 grandchildren and six great grand-children.
 
Active pallbearers were Marvin Skaggs, Alfred Bannowsky, Clarence Self, Fred Coleman, Joe Bissett,
all of Junction; and Roscoe Heyman of Menard.
 

Sallie Francis Landers Bishop was born February 2, 1873
and died June 24, 1947. She was buried in Section 2 of
Junction Cemetery in Junction, Kimball County, Texas.

 

 
2003 HOOD COUNTY TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY