Glenda Elizabeth Bishop

MISS. GLENDA ELIZABETH BISHOP, 61, OF DALTON, PASSED AWAY FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2006 AT HAMILTON MEDICAL CENTER, SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY AND FOLLOWING A BRIEF ILLNESS. SHE IS NOW CELEBRATING HER “VICTORY IN JESUS". SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE, ALBERT AND ESTELLE YOUNG BISHOP AND WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BROTHER, MICHAEL BISHOP AND HALF-BROTHER, JACK FIELDS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DALTON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHER, ALAN BISHOP AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, KIM COCHRAN; SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, DIANNE AND JERRY SMITH ALL OF DALTON; NEPHEW AND HIS WIFE, GREG AND BRANDI SMITH AND THEIR CHILDREN, LAUREN EMY AND WILL ALL OF ROCKY FACE; NIECE AND HER CHILDREN, ALANA BISHOP, ALAN AND THOMAS; NEPHEW AND HIS CHILDREN, JASON BISHOP, MATHEW, ALEX AND CATHRINE ALL OF TEXAS; NIECE AND HER CHILDREN, MELANIE SCHERENCEL BOCKMANN, JAGGER AND TYSON OF WASHINGTON STATE; DEAR FRIEND AND ROOM-MATE AT REGENCY PARK, MARILYN OVERBY.
GLENDA RECEIVED PERMANENT INJURIES IN 1962, AT 17, JUST TWENTY DAYS SHORT OF GRADUATING WITH HONORS FROM DALTON HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE WAS IN THE “TOP TWENTY SENIORS” AND CAPTAIN OF THE MAJORETTE SQUAD.
AFTER SURVIVING OVERWHELMING ODDS, SHE RECOVERED ENOUGH TO ATTEND GRADUATION ON CRUTCHES IN 1963 AND RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA, ONE YEAR LATE.
SHE LIVED AT HOME WITH HER PARENTS AND ATTENDED CHURCH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND WENT TO AS MANY GOSPEL SINGINGS AS SHE AND HER MOTHER COULD.
AFTER HER MOTHERS DEATH IN 1983 SHE SPENT TIME AT HER BROTHER ALAN’S HOME IN TEXAS BEFORE SHE MOVED BACK TO GEORGIA. SHE LIVED AT CHATSWORTH HEALTH CARE FOR 17 YEARS AND AT REGENCY PARK THE LAST FOUR YEARS WHERE SHE WAS AN AVID BINGO PLAYER AND ACTIVE IN CHURCH SERVICES AND MANY ACTIVITIES.
SHE WAS A BIG CATAMOUNT FAN AND PROUDLY DISPLAYED HER “GO BIG RED” SIGN IN HER ROOM AT REGENCY PARK AND KEPT IN TOUCH THROUGH THE YEARS WITH HER FAVORITE TEACHER, COACH BILL CHAPPELL AND HIS WIFE BONNITA.
SHE SPREAD JOY AND INSPIRATION WHEREVER, SHE WAS ALWAYS READY TO ADD A NEW FRIEND TO THE MANY WHO GREW TO LOVE HER. SHE WAS A HAPPY LOVING CHRISTIAN LADY WHO LOVED TO SING GOD’S PRAISES. SHE WAS ALWAYS READY TO TELL OF HER FAITH AND LOVE FOR JESUS. SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED.
FUNERAL SERVICES ARE MONDAY AT 11 AM IN THE CHAPEL OF LOVE FUNERAL HOME WITH RONNIE MISSILDINE AND THE REV. LARRY FLANAGAN OFFICIATING.
BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN WEST HILL CEMETERY.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT LOVE FUNERAL HOME SUNDAY FROM 5 TO 8:30 PM.
WORDS OF COMFORT MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY AT www.lovefuneralhomega.com
LOVE FUNERAL HOME, 1402 N. THORNTON AVE. DALTON IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS