Lester Floyd Bishop Part 2

* This is info that I got DIRECTLY from the http://www.findagrave.com/ website. I copied and pasted it. They are not my words or thoughts. I just wanted to make that clear.



 Parents Nevada Kathryn Maple & Lawrence Leroy Bishop
Married Dora Agnes Metcalf Nov 27 1908 McMaster Twp, OK

==How I remember my folks by Tracy Dee==
First our folks loved us & provided us with our needs as best they could. They worked very hard against all odds. Dad made many moves to try & provide a better life for 6 boys & 2 girls. In the 20's Dad had farm, an egg and cream store. Dad lost his herd of milk cows to corn poison in just a few minutes, so he sold out & we went to MO, where Grampa & Gramma Bishop lived. After checking things out, Dad decided it'd be best for us to go back to OK.

The 30's were very hard but we survived. They built a home on a little acreage, growing a truck garden, raising chickens & always picking cotton. Dad also worked for a construction company building bridges for extra $. He was gone a lot of the times, but Mom kept us straight & busy. In 1936 they bought a farm outside of Lawton.

World War II came so Ray, Milton & Lewis joined the service. Bob volunteered for the Marines, but Dad needed him on the farm so Bob got deferred. At that time I was married w/2 kids, working for Santa Fe railroad. As Dad needed help I left my job & came to the farm. Things were scarce and you had to make do with what you had. Food, fuel, & supplies were rationed. I never heard them complain. Their main concern was that their kids get back from the Pacific War. Ray was on the battle ship California, when the Japanese sank it at Pearl Harbor. Lewis was delivering troops & supplies w/the Navy. Milton was in the Army Medical Corp.

Dad continued to farm and raise cattle until 1955. Mom was always a housewife. They were quiet, strong, solid Christians.
Dad died from an accident in the bathroom. He fell against the tub. We took him to the hospital in the A.M. & he died the same day.

Family links: ( These links WILL take you to the pages on the find-a-grave site...)
 Parents:
  Lawrence Leroy Bishop (1863 - 1932)
  Kathryn Navada Maple Bishop (1865 - 1959)

 Spouse:
  Dora Agnes Metcalf Bishop (1891 - 1969)

 Children:
  Harry Lane Bishop (1909 - 1992)*
  Fay June Bishop Sparks Cline (1911 - 2002)*
  Ray Murry Bishop (1914 - 1956)*
  Hazel Fern Bishop Carter (1916 - 1991)*
  Tracy Dee Bishop (1918 - 1997)*
  Robert Orville Bishop (1920 - 1972)*
  Milton Paul Bishop (1921 - 1991)*
  Lewis Vane Bishop (1924 - ____)*