OBITUARIES:	WALKER BATES		KNOTT COUNTY KENTUCKY

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Registry submittor: <Gloria Marcum   
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Date: August 23, 2002
Subject:	Walker Bates		Knott County Kentucky
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Source: Troublesome Creek Times, Wednesday, August 21, 2002

Walker Bates age 63 of Pinetop, KY died Tuesday, August 13, 2002, of a sudden 
illness at the Knott county Kentucky Nursing Home in Hindman, KY  He was a
retired truck driver.  He was born December 14, 1939 in Knott County KY, 
the son of Cordia Hall Bates and Joe Bates. He is survived by five brothers: 
Alonzo Bates of Portsmouth, OH., Rosco (Helen) Bates of Dearborn, MI., 
Homer (Betty) Bates of Warren, MI., Franklin D. Bates and Denver Bates both of 
Pinetop, KY., five sisters: Opal Fontanilla of Minnesota, Monnie Pratt of 
Yorktown, VA., Millie Rose (Doug) Yonts of Pinetop, KY., Mazie (Jackie) Bentley 
of Virginia and Victoria (Harold) Nickles of Pinetop, KY.  He was preceded 
in death by his father, one brother: Winford Bates, and two sisters: Louise 
Picardel and Katherine Bates.  Funeral services were conducted Friday, 
August 16, 2002 at 2 p.m. at Mallet Fork Old Regular Baptist Church in 
Pinetop, KY., officiating ministers were Ivan J. Amburgey and Lonnie Sexton. 
Burial followed in the bates Family Cemetery,Pinetop, KY., under the direction
of Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home, Martin, KY.

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