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'My first real role model': Two sisters remember their mother and her passing

By Halle Hewitt
Published November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM CST

Sisters Shanita Baraka Akintonde and Danielle Tavon Bishop remember their mother, Mary Catherine Bishop, and their final moments with her.

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