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Submitted: 3/8/12 • Approved: 2/25/23 • Last Updated: 2/28/23 • R660613-G0-S3
Keith 15 Sept 1940 - 22 Sept 1993
Anna 25 Mar 1943 - 31 Oct 2022
Marriage:
Wendell Keith "Lefty" Bates son of Oscar Russell Bates and Ollie Marie (Gillihan) Bates. Dora Anna (Clark) Bates daughter of Leo H "L.H." Clark and Dora Evalina (Smith) Clark.
**obituary
Dora Anna Bates
March 25, 1943 - October 31, 2022
Dora Anna (Clark) Bates, 79, went to be with the Lord on October 31, 2022. Anna was born in Old Joe Arkansas on March 25, 1943, to LH and Dora Evalina Smith Clark.
Anna is survived by two children Trena Kochman and Lee Dean Watters; and four grandchildren, Deanna, Mitchell, Shawn, and Rachel; and six great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, LH and Evalina Clark; her husband, Wendell Keith Bates; two sisters, Bonnie Cantrell and Ruby Britt; and brother Gail Clark.
Visitation will be Thursday, November 3, 2022, from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm, at Kirby & Family Funeral Home. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 1:00 pm at Kirby & Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Ray Lamb officiating. Burial will be in the Melbourne Cemetery, in Melbourne, Arkansas.
Arrangements are by Kirby & Family Funeral & Cremation Services - Mountain Home, AR.
Obituary located through Kirby Funeral Home, Baxter County, Arkansas. Published Oct 2022 © 2023 KIRBY AND FAMILY FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Contributed on 3/8/12 by ch63
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