Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....BATES, Benjamin H. December 29, 1952 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com April 12, 2018, 12:00 am Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky. , Thursday, January 8, 1953 Page 1, Column 4, OBITUARY Benjamin H. BATES, 79, died at his home in Hardinsburg, Route 3, on December 29. 1952. He was born in Breckinridge County on January 13, 1873, the son of J. T. and Laura PATE BATES. He married Miss Elmina Franklin TAUL in 1886, and to this union three children were born. Mr. BATES was preceded in death by his wife in 1928 and a son, Ernie in 1936. He is survived by: his second wife, Mrs. Clara BATES two sons: Levi BATES of Hardinsburg, Ky John BATES of Hardinsburg, Ky Funeral services were held at the Dowell Funeral Home in Hardinsburg on January 1, 1953 with the Reverend Calvin H. SMITH of Leitchfield (Grayson County, Ky), conducting. Burial was in the Brickey Cemetery. PALLBEARERS: Ernie BATES Joe BATES C.B. BATES Willard BATES Robert LAHA Preston O'CONNELL Additional Comments: Breckinridge County Cemeteries, vol. 1, published in 1991: #0052 Brickey Cemetery, of Route 3, Hardinsburg, Ky. Located on Highway 992. Take Highway 105 for five miles north of McQuady; turn right on blacktop road (Highway 992), cemetery on left. (Tombstone dates updated by obituaries and death certificate records) BATES, Ben H. 13 Jan 1873 -- 29 Dec 1952 husband of Elmina Elmina F. TAUL 13 Dec 1874 -- 22 Dec 1928 wife of Ben H. (see Ben's obituary & death certificate and Elmina's death certificate) BATES, Clara Lucetta TAUL 18 Aug 1879 -- 27 Sep 1958 2nd wife of Ben H. sister to Elmina F. TAUL BATES, daughter of Joseph Levi TAUL and Emily "Emma" Jane BRICKEY. Clara has a single tombstone. (see Clara's death certificate) BEN & ELMINA'S THREE SONS ALSO HERE: BATES, John K. 03 Dec 1902 -- 27 Aug 1968 husband of Rhoda A. Rhoda A. FURROW 03 Nov 1914 -- 27 Jul 1987 wife of John K. married on 18 Sept 1943 (see their obituaries) BATES, Ernie A. 18 Dec 1899 -- 09 Feb 1936 husband of Flossie "Father" Flossie CANARY 22 Dec 1902 -- 24 Jun 1989 wife of Ernie "Mother" (see Flossie's obituary & Ernie's death certificate) BATES, Levi M. 02 Nov 1901 -- 26 Jun 1989 husband of Thelma Thelma WHITWORTH 03 Oct 1904 -- 22 Jul 1954 wife of Levi M. (see Levi's obituary & Thelma's death certificate) Peggy Russell File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/b/bates8765gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/