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Submitted: 5/28/20 • Approved: 6/9/21 • Last Updated: 6/18/21 • R1320775-G1320775-S3
Murl
August 12, 1931 - October 2, 2015
Married October 27, 1956
Mildred
January 12, 1938 - February 1, 2021
Obituary (Murl)
Stephenson Dearman Funeral Home
Monticello, Arkansas
Murl G. Bateman, Sr., age 84 of Pine Bluff, passed away Friday, October 2, 2015 at his home. He was born in Monticello, AR on August 12, 1931 to the late Vester Bateman and Beatrice Collins Bateman.
He was a United States Army veteran, having served in the Korean War, three tours of duty in the Vietnam War, and four years in Germany. He received three bronze stars, a good conduct medal (3rd award), Army medal ARCOM Vietnam Service medal w/ 60 Dev, Aircraft Crewman Badge, and VSM NDSM (1st OLC). He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, and loved his grandchildren. He also enjoyed watching the deer after becoming disabled, and kept count of the number of them he saw over a period of three years in his backyard, totaling 1,052 in all. He was a very loving husband, father and friend, and was referred to as the “Sherriff of Shannon Road”. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by one son, Michael Anthony Bateman; one sister, Shirley Bateman Carpenter; and one granddaughter, Kelly Bateman Coburn.
Murl is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mildred Davis Bateman; two sons, Murl Gene Bateman, Jr. and wife Terry, and Marc Devon Bateman and wife Debbie all of Pine Bluff; one daughter, Patricia Lynn Miller and husband Chuck of Magnet Cove; one sister, Elizabeth Bateman Hawkins of Orange, TX; two brothers Robert Bateman of Monticello and Delbert Bateman of White Hall; eight grandchildren; and fourteen great grandchildren.
Funeral Service will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at the Shannon Road Baptist Church, 6817 Shannon Road, Watson Chapel with Rev. Josh Blevins and Rev. Gene Triplett officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday evening at the church. Burial with full military honors will follow in Gaster Hill Cemetery, Highway 35 West in Monticello. Arrangements by Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home, Monticello AR. Online guestbook: www.stephensondearman.com.
Obituary (Mildred)
Stephenson Dearman Funeral Home
Monticello, Arkansas
Mildred Jean Bateman, age 83, of Pine Bluff, AR passed away peacefully on February 1, 2021, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born to the late Otis & Gertrude Davis, she was the third child of ten children.
On October 27, 1955, she married the love of her life Murl Gene Bateman. They had four children, Murl (Terry) Bateman of Pine Bluff, Michael Bateman, Tricia (Charles) Miller of Magnet Cove, and Marc (Debbie) Bateman of Pine Bluff. They had nine grandchildren, Tony Bateman, Shaun Bateman, Kelly Bateman, Devon Atkins, Tara Arnold, Brad Conner, Gene Ross Bateman, Lee Bateman & Micah Malone. They had twenty-one great-grandchildren.
Preceding in death, her husband Murl Gene Bateman, her son Michael Anthony Bateman, her brothers Robert Davis, Donald Davis, Albert Davis, her sisters Martha Ann King, Gladys Rash, Ruby Dalsis, a granddaughter Kelly Bateman and a great-grandson Tyler Bateman.
She was a member of Shannon Rd Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and loved watching her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mildred was loved by so many and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Visitation will be held Friday, February 5th at Shannon Rd., Baptist Church from 5 PM to 7 PM. Funeral service will be Saturday, February 6th at 10 AM at Shannon Rd., Baptist Church.
Contributed on 5/28/20 by deltabelle55
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