Irwin-Laurens County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bates, Annie V. "Ma Bates" Phillips October 26, 1991
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
William J. (Jim) Carroll williamcarrollj@bellsouth.net August 7, 2013, 12:10 pm

The Ocilla Star 10-31-1991 Page 4B
                         Mrs. Annie Bates

 Final rites for Mrs. Annie (Ma Bates) Bates, 97, of 304 N. Cherry St., who 
died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1991 at Palemon Gaskins Nursing Home, were held Monday 
at Holt Baptist Church.

 The Rev. L. A. (Sonny) Pate was the officiating minister at the 3:30 pm 
memorial service in the church sanctuary and at graveside in the church 
cemetery. Music was provided by Angie Harper, organist.

 Pallbearers were Billy Bates, Ricky Bates, Johnny Bates, Tommy Pettis, Michael 
Day, and Larry Day.

 Born Sept. 12, 1894 in Laurens County, Mrs. Bates was the daughter of the late 
Thomas Albert and Eunity Darsey Phillips. A homemaker and retired waitress, she 
had lived in Ocilla since 1929. moving from Thomaston, Ga. where she was 
employed in a cotton mill. The widow of William Joshua Bates, she was a member 
of Buckhorn Methodist Church near Dexter, Ga.

 Survivors include two daughters, Eva B. Pettis and Reba B. Roberts, both of 
Ocilla; two sisters, Essie Maddox and Flora Bartlett, both of Sand Springs, 
OK.; 13 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-grandchildren.

 Paulk Funeral Home of Ocilla and Fitzgerald was in charge of the arrangements.

Additional Comments:
Georgia death certificate #042976.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/irwin/obits/b/bates3326nob.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/

File size: 1.9 Kb