Patricia Ann Bishop

Published 9:20 am Friday, February 20, 2015

Services for Patricia Ann Bishop of Vicksburg will be 11 a.m. Saturday Feb. 21, 2015, at New Mount Zion M.B. Church in Vicksburg. Burial will be at Shiloh M.B. Church Cemetery in Edwards under the direction of Willis and Sons Funeral Home.

Visitation is today from noon to 6 p.m. at Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home.

Mrs. Bishop, formerly of Edwards, died Feb. 14, 2015, at River Regional Medical Center. She was 57.

She was the daughter of Julius Johnson Jr. and Gertrude Johnson of Edwards. She was a member of New Mount Zion M.B. Church, where she was a member of the usher board, and a member of the Citywide Ushers.

She attended Edwards Attendance Center, Hinds Agricultural High School, Utica Junior College and the University of Phoenix. She was retired from the Mississippi Department of Health after 15 years, was employed part-time at Cedars Head Start, and the owner of Taxes and More Tax Service.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Ricky Johnson.

Survivors include her daughter, Syretta Bishop of Freshwood, Texas; her parents; two sisters, Brenda Johnson and Zelma Davenport, both of Edwards; four brothers, Larry Johnson, Willie Johnson. Leroy Johnson and Julius Johnson III, all of Edwards; and nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.