Abilene Reporter-News                                    
December 27, 2011                                

Gracie Marie Bishop                  Gravestone Photo
Rule

Gracie Marie Bishop of Rule, passed away December 24, 2011, in Stamford, Texas. She was 88. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 28, 2011 in Rule with Rev. Russell Stanley officiating. Burial will be at the Rochester Cemetery immediately following under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes.

Mrs. Bishop was born December 17, 1923, in Sipe Springs, Texas to Robert and Ida (Skaggs) Love. She married Buddy Bishop in Haskell on August 18, 1946. Gracie lived 66 years in Rule and was a member of the First Baptist Church. She was a homemaker.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Buddy Bishop; a daughter, Tammy Bishop; her parents, Robert and Ida Love; three brothers; and three sisters.

Gracie is survived by her two sons, Tony and Virginia Bishop of Lufkin, Texas and Bob Bishop and Darla Moore of Rule, Texas; two grandsons, Chad Bishop of Starksville, Mississippi and Mason Bishop of Lubbock, Texas; two granddaughters, Chase Daughtery of Fort Worth, Texas and Janae Faulkner and her husband Kyle of Abilene; 4 great-grandchildren; a sister, Bonnie Holmes of Rule; numerous nieces and nephews; and adopted son and daughter, Juan and Yolanda Herrera of Rule.