Edna Bishop

Edna Mae Kaylor Bishop, 90, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2007 at St. Mary?s Residential Hospice in Knoxville, TN.

Mrs. Bishop was a member of Lynn Garden Baptist Church and helped in the church kitchen after her retirement from J.C. Penney?s. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Mrs. Bishop was active in both the Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts, when her children were young. She loved working on her family genealogy, writing, and tending to her roses, but most of all she loved her family.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Ezra H. Bishop; her parents, Coy and Kate Kaylor; brothers, W. Ray ?Bill? Kaylor, Ralph Kaylor, and Roy Kaylor.

She is survived by her children and their spouses, David and Teresa Bishop of Monroe GA, Jean and Ken Lund of Knoxville, TN, Daryl and Susan Bishop of Fayetteville, GA; grandchildren, Stacy Bishop Jones and husband David, Jonathan Bishop and wife Kacy, Holly Bishop Chalmers and husband Jeff, Valerie Bishop Leathers and husband Clay, Michael Lund and wife LeaAnn, Erin Lund, Brittany Bishop, and Megan Bishop; seven great-grandchildren; brother, James Kaylor of Corpus Christi, TX; sisters, Ruby Kitzmiller of Kingsport and Tommie Fannon of Suwannee, GA; and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport.

Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with Rev. Carl Strickler officiating.

Burial will follow at Holston View Cemetery.