Zora Leora Laws

Funeral services for Zora Leora Laws will be held Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah. Interment will follow at the Highland Cemetery in Okemah. Zora Leora Laws was born March 15, 1924 in Red Mound, Seminole County, Oklahoma to John Wesley Scrimshire and Maudie (Tedford) Scrimshire. She passed away Friday, September 8, 2017 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 93. Zora attended Pharoah Schools as a child and was baptized in 1949 in Clovis, California. Zora was married to Albert Bishop for 15 years and they had four children. Zora worked in many fields during her life. She was proud of her time working as a “Rosie the Riveter” in both California and at Tinker Airforce Base in Oklahoma City. She was employed at the Wrangler Sewing Factory in Okemah; she worked as a court bailiff in Shawnee, Oklahoma as well as being a certified nurse practitioner. She worked with UPJOHN Healthcare services in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and in California and with the Gordon Cooper Showcase. Zora worked as a Senior Companion Home Health volunteer in both Catoosa and Owasso, Oklahoma and was a certified genealogist, which she enjoyed very much. She loved birdwatching and was a true nature enthusiast. She loved to reading, gardening, working crossword puzzles and collecting stamps. She was also a member of the Okemah Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Albert Bishop; three brothers, Lonnie, Holland and Leland Scrimshire and two sisters, Zel Tolleson and Bonnie Elsner. She is survived by her three sons, Jimmie Bishop and wife Marita of Okemah, Wayland Bishop and wife Sharon of Okemah and Randall Kenton Bishop of Porum, Oklahoma; one daughter, Zanda Bennett and husband Larry of Talala, Oklahoma; 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren. Serving as active pallbearers will be Lance Bennett, Luke Bennett, Sayre Bennett, Seth Bennett, Justin Bishop and Tolle Payne. Honarary pallbearer will be Jeren Michael Bishop. Services are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Okemah and officiated by Bro. Kelly Bowen.

Zora Leora Laws

March 15, 1924 - September 8, 2017