Nell Langford Bishop

March 1, 1932 - September 8, 2021

Nell Langford Bishop, age 89, of Brownwood, Texas, passed away on September 8, 2021, at Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood. Nell was born on March 1, 1932, in Mills County, Texas, to Ernest Langford and Margaret Geddes Langford. She was raised in Brownwood, and later in life, graduated from Howard Payne University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. On Oct. 16, 1950, she married Bill C. Bishop in Brownwood and began a life together that blessed them with two children. She retired from the Texas Youth Commission after holding several positions of increasing responsibility. Nell was a member of the Austin Avenue Church of Christ, and she loved the outdoors, traveling, tennis, and spending time with her grandchildren. Survivors include her sons, Billy J. Bishop and wife Sandra of Early, and Brian L. Bishop of Washington D.C.; grandchildren, Mace Royston and wife Amanda, Fayenell Royston, Beau Bishop, ...Bly Bishop and wife Jodi, and Jennifer Stephens and husband Blake; great-grandchildren, Brady Hays, Joe Tatum, Bailey Bishop, Zochi Paul and husband Robert, Brook Stephens and husband Joby Morgan, Hunter Stephens, Olivia Royston, Mace Royston Jr, Maya Patton, Sophia Patton, Andrew Patton, and Baer Bishop; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers and one sister. In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made to causes important to Nell, the Cherokee Home for Children [https://www.chc4kids.org/] or the Alzheimer's Foundation [https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Events/Tributes-AlzheimersChampions?pg=fund&fr_id=1060&pxfid=707713]. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and concern for the wellbeing of everyone in attendance, the family respectfully asks that masks be worn to the viewing and graveside service.