Services for Elder Byron Tillmon “B.T.” Bishop Jr., ofMeadville, were 11 a.m. Monday, June 4, at Middleton CreekPrimitive Baptist Church in Meadville with burial in the churchcemetery. Franklin Funeral Home in Meadville was in charge ofarrangements.

Mr. Bishop, 75, died June 1, 2007, at his residence. He was bornin Lincoln County on Aug. 10, 1931, to Byron Tillmon Bishop Sr. andLouisa Sullivan Bishop.

He was a retired law enforcement officer with the MississippiDepartment of Transportation. He was an elder at Middleton CreekPrimitive Baptist Church. He was a United States Army veteran ofthe Korean War.

Preceding him in death were his parents; one brother; and onenephew.

Survivors are his wife, Betty Jean Temple Bishop, of Meadville;his sons, Gene Alex Bishop and wife Elizabeth, of Clinton, andByron Tillmon Bishop III and wife Rose Mary, of Brookhaven; hisdaughters, Dina Cothren and husband Mitch, and Lawanna Cothren andhusband Gary, all of Meadville; his sisters, Tommie Lou Wilkinsonand Mary Katherine Brewer, both of McComb; his sister-in-law,Barbara Bishop, of Gillsburg; his 13 grandchildren; and 15great-grandchildren.