Mary Christine Parish Cates Stevens

Mary Christine Bishop Stevens
BIRTH 18 Apr 1925
Mississippi, USA
DEATH 22 Apr 1979 (aged 54)
BURIAL
Magee Cemetery
Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA
MEMORIAL ID 33822910 · View Source
MEMORIAL
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FLOWERS 2
MRS. MARY CHRISTINE STEVENS

Mrs. Mary Christine Stevens, 54, of Biloxi, died Sunday at Howard Memorial Hospital in Biloxi following a lengthy illness.

A native of Simpson County, she was a member of Temple Baptist Church and an employee of Keesler Air Force Base.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from Mims Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. O.C. Ladnier officiating. Mims Mitchell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements and burial was in Magee Cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, Neil B. Stevens of Biloxi; two sons, Stanley Parish of Saucier, and David W. Cates of Biloxi; four brothers, Rev. B.T. Bishop of McComb, A.B. Bishop of Wesson, Earl B. Layton of Richton, and L.P. Bishop of Biloxi; five sisters, Mrs. Lillie Mayfield and Mrs. Pheba Ponder, both of Magee, Mrs. Bessie Long of Jackson, Mrs. Eva Dilmore of Mt. Olive, and Mrs. Lula M. Bush of Carthage; and three grandchildren.

Clipped from Simpson County News, Mendenhall, Mississippi, 26 Apr 1979, Thu • Page 3

Relative told me that her date of death is actually April 22, 1979, not 1975. The headstone was carved incorrectly and their carvers wouldn't correct it. SSDi confirms year.

Inscription
Mary Christine Bishop Stevens
Apr. 18, 1925
Apr. 22, 1975

"Beloved mother of Winton and Wayne"
Family Members
Parents
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Lauren Peter Bishop
1873–1954

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Mary Rhena Kennedy Bishop
1893–1953

Spouses
Martice Parish
1926–2010 (m. 1946)

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David A Cates
1927–2016

Siblings
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Lauren Peter Bishop
1920–2002

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Lula Mae Bishop Bush
1922–1995

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Willie Ruth Bishop Moore
1928–1972

Audeline Bishop
1930–1931

Half Siblings
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Clifton Bishop
1899–1901

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Lillie Bishop Mayfield
1902–1996

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B T Bishop
1903–1981

Bessie B. Bishop Long
1905–1985

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Eva Edna Bishop Dilmore
1906–2001

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Pheba Alna Bishop Ponder
1909–1992

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Andrew B. Bishop
1910–1982

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Infant Daughter Bishop
1913–1913

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Earl Brewer Layton
1914–1991

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Infant Bishop
1917–1917

Children
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Stanley Winston Parish
1949–2017

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David Wayne Cates
1954–2002

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33822910/mary-christine-stevens

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• Residence: Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi - 1930
• Residence: Same House, ,Same House, , - 1935
• Residence: Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi - 1940
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