Graveside service for former Lawton resident Alice Bishop, 94, Oklahoma City, will be 11:00 am Friday, December 14, 2012 in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Shane Hall, Pastor, First Baptist Church officiating. Mrs. Bishop went home to be with Tracy and the Lord on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 in Oklahoma City. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. The family will greet friends Thursday evening, December 13, 2012 at the funeral home from 4pm until 6pm. Alice was born in Freeport, Kansas on February 1, 1918, one of twelve children born to Bert and Lola Cowell. She grew up on a farm in Caldwell, Kansas, and later married Tracy Bishop on March 4, 1940 in Lawton, Oklahoma. They made their home in Caldwell, Kansas for several years while Tracy worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. Alice and Tracy moved southeast of Lawton in 1946, where they began a career farming and ranching for the next 51 years. Alice moved to Oklahoma City in 2006 due to failing health to be near her daughter. Alice was active in the Roseland Home Demonstration Club and The Center for Creative Living in Lawton. Alice and Tracy were honored as the Comanche County Farm Bureau's Farm Family of the Year in 1985. Alice loved reading, working in her flower garden, cooking and baking for family and friends. Alice was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Lawton. She is survived by her daughter, Neva Hawpe of Oklahoma City, two sons, Darrel and wife Jo of Richardson, TX, Wayne and wife Karen of Lawton, a sister Edna VanVoast of DeQueen, Arkansas, five grandchildren, Margo Hundley, Mike Bishop, Jeremy Bishop, Chad Bishop, Kristan Sandrovich, fifteen great-grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. She was preceded in death by her husband Tracy of 56 years, her mother and father, and ten of her brothers and sisters. Memorial contributions may be made to Restoring the House of God Capital Campaign, c/o First Baptist Church, PO Box 1409, Lawton, OK 73502.