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Additional BATES Surnames in TRAFALGAR (SARDIS) Cemetery
BATES, J GarrettBATES, Bruce NBATES, TeresaBATES, Jessie ABATES, J ABATES, Ardell ABATES, Iva MBATES, RosieBATES, MaryBATES, Elsie MGWIN BATES, Elsie MBATES, E LBATES, Earnest AlvinBATES, Helen MarieBATES, Florence ABATES, Julia EBATES, Thadeous RBATES, Florrie EBATES, J TBATES, JuliaBATES, Marisn WBATES, PaulineBATES, Virginia ABATES, Walter MBATES, Laura LBATES, Anna MaeBATES, Archie W.BATES, Effie F.BATES, Archie W. (close up)BATES, Effie F. (close up)BATES, Dewitt MBATES, Florence GBATES, Ernie ABATES, Ernie A (close up)BATES, Florence G (close up)BATES, Harvey ABATES, Jessie MBATES, infant SonBATES, Martha JaneBATES, Marvin W Additional BATES Surnames in ASHLEY County
BATES, Alfred EBATES, Myrtle C.BATES, AliceBATES, Joseph ABATES, Dora TalucaBATES, Sylvia AnnetteBATES, Charles EdwardBATES, Alvin "Gene"BATES, Hugh T.BATES, James ArthurBATES, Dora Taluca (close up)BATES, Family stone
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Submitted: 4/29/20 • Approved: 4/30/20 • Last Updated: 7/12/20 • R1314013-G649402-S3
Dewitt
February 5, 1928 ~ December 25, 2012
Elsie
August 2, 1927 - September 10, 2007
Married on July 26, 1947
Obituary
Dewitt Bates
February 5, 1928 ~ December 25, 2012 (age 84)
Provided by Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home
Mr. Dewitt Bates, 84, of Hamburg, died Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at the Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello. Mr. Bates was a native of Ashley County; a resident of Hamburg for the past 52 years and a former resident of Bastrop, Louisiana. He worked for International Paper for 38 years having retired in 1993. He was a member of the Westside Baptist Church in Bastrop, Louisiana. He was the caretaker for the Trafalgar Cemetery for many years. He lived for his girls and his grandchildren, was an avid hunter and he sold produce from a stand at his home.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Elsie Mae Gwin Bates in 2007; a daughter, Betty Ann Rowe in 2006; his parents, Walter & Laura Ellinburg Bates; a brother, Robert Bates and two sisters, Dorothy Finley and Beulah Gates.
He is survived by two daughters, Ruth Jeffers and Kay Bates both of Snyder; two sisters, Gladys Pryor of Monticello and Adine Irons of Snyder; three grandchildren, Walter Rowe, Vlissa Rowe and Jennifer Jeffers and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are 10 a.m., Friday, December 28, 2012 at the Sardis Baptist Church with Rev. Sammy Land and Rev. Larry Donaldson officiating. Burial will be in the Trafalgar Cemetery. Pallbearers are Thomas Minga, Dan Atwood, Junior Irons, Toby Irons, Micky Gwin, Dale Bates, Wesley Alexander and Mark Stanley. Memorials may be made to the Trafalgar Cemetery Association, c/o Mr. Ben Lawrence, 859 Ashley 105 Road, Montrose, AR 71658.
Contributed on 4/29/20 by deltabelle55
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