OBITS: Bates, Caroline Kring, 1938, Bath Co., Kentucky ----------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: From: "Darrell Warner" Date: Saturday, October 20, 2001 12:02 PM ------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. **************************************************************************** Caroline Kring Bates Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, June 2, 1938 Old Citizen Dies At Salt Lick Mrs. Caroline bates Passes at 95 Mrs. Caroline Kring Bates passed away at her home at Salt Lick on Sunday, May 29, at the ripe old age of 95 years. She had been in comparatively good health until a month ago when she suffered a paralytic stroke. She was a daughter of William and Sarah Ann Mynhier Kring, born February 22, 1843. She was united in marriage to the late Joseph K. Bates October 6, 1867 and to this union were born seven children, three of whom survive her, Mrs. C. E. Whitcomb, Bethel, Ohio, and Mrs. Etta Bates Jackson and Mrs. R. C. Jordon, both of Salt Lick. Funeral services were held at her home Tuesday afternoon, May 31, conducted by the Rev. Howard Daulton. Interment was in the family lot in Dickerson Cemetery. She leaves besides her children, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn her loss.