Submitted by: Dan Rich

David Earl Bishop

Feb. 23, 1931 - June 29, 1996

South Bend Tribune 7/3/1996

David Earl Bishop, 65, of 1514 Catalpa St., South Bend, departed this life at 10:28 a.m. Saturday, June 29, at St. Joseph's Medical Center, following an extended illness. He was born on Feb. 23, 1931, in Malvina, Miss., and had lived in South Bend since 1954, coming from Greenville, Miss.

In 1960, in South Bend, he was united in wedlock to Pearl Howard who survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Jarmatte Delois (Dede) Bishop, Sandra Easton and Diane Bishop, all of South Bend, Ind.; five sons, Glenn, Anthony, David, Murray and Ronnie Bishop, all of South Bend, Ind.; fifteen grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Rosie Lee Addison of Oak Park, Ill., and Anita Webster of Indianapolis, Ind. and Lois Knight of Kansas City, Mo.; one brother, Bennie Bishop of Mishawaka, Ind.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul Bethel Baptist Church. Burial in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before the services in the church. Mr. Bishop retired from AM General Corporation in 1992. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean War. He also was a member of St. Paul Bethel Baptist Church, serving as president of the choir, male chorus, and founder of their Monday evening prayer service. Alford's Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.