UPSON COUNTY, GA - OBITS Searcy Bennett Bates Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Fletcher Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Final rites held August 27 for Searcy Bennett Bates, 76 Searcy Bennett Bates, 76, of Walker Street was dead on arrival at Upson County Hospital August 25. He had resided in Upson County for 40 years and was retired from the Thomaston Mills. Survivors include a sister, Miss Ruby Bates of Thomaston and nephews Everett McMichael of Milton, Fla., and J. L. McMichael of Mobile, Ala. Graveside services were held Tuesday, August 27, at 11:00 at Old Hebron Cemetery in Concord. Rev. Forrest Woodard officiated and Coggins Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.