Joyce Iralene Mixon Bishop 88, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Saturday, April 2, 2022.
Graveside services will be held 11 AM, Monday, April 4, 2022, at Pine Level Cemetery in Fitzgerald, Georgia, with the Rev. Mike Heitzman officiating. The family will receive friends thirty minutes prior to the service at the cemetery.
Mrs. Bishop was born March, 21, 1934, in Ocilla, Georgia, to the late Lorenzo and Lena Barnes Mixon.
She is survived by four children: Delene Clark of Fitzgerald, Sharon Tucker & Larry of Ocilla, Jan Clements of Fitzgerald, and Frank Bishop Jr. & Rebecca of Athens; 8 grandchildren: Melanie Young, Jane Ellen Garrett, David Prescott, Alan Prescott, Sara Ellen Clements, John Clements, Dennis Bishop and Annabeth Bishop; 12 great grandchildren: Bree Garrett, Lakelyn Hickman, Wyatt Huggins, Rylee Young, Reed Young, David Alan Prescott, Tyler Clements, Tanner Copeland, Trenton Clements, Mary Godwin, Devin Godwin and Kaylee Godwin; One sister: Grace Booth. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Bishop, and a daughter Debra Prescott.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Pine Level Methodist Church.