Letcher County KyArchives Deaths.....Bates, Hillard April 12, 1948
************************************************
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:
Deanna Meeks http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00018.html#0004285 December 16, 2023, 7:00 pm


Name:                Bates, Hillard
Date Of Death:       April 12, 1948 Time: 11:30pm
Place Of Death:      Letcher, Ky
Residence:           Letcher, Ky
Gender:              Male
Race:                W
Age:                 38
Marital Status:      Married
Spouse:              Wright, Marie
Date Of Birth:       July 10, 1909
Place Of Birth:      Letcher, Ky
Mother's Name:       Lucas, Lizzie
Mother's Birthplace: Letcher, Ky
Father's Name:       Bates, Robert
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Cause Of Death:      Peritonitis, Gun Shot Wound of left Kidney and lower right lung
Hospital:            Fleming Hospital
SS Number:           404-03-6224
Occupation:          Mechanic
Funeral Home:        Craft Funeral Home
Doctor:              Steve Bowen
Coroner:             Unavailable
Informant:           Marie Bates
Date Of Burial:      April 15, 1948
Place Of Burial:     Unavailable
Date Recorded:       April 15, 1948
Source Of Record:    Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965
Certificate No.:     8352

Birth date taken from Death Certificate, which matches up with the Letcher Co. 
KY 1910 Census.

The following Obituary from the Mountain Eagle was forwarded to me by Brian K. 
Caudill. I must note it is not the whole truth and there are a few big 
omissions. Including the mention of his first wife Carrie (Caudill) Bates 
Mitchum Rainwater? Cochran Carberry/Carbarry.

The following article was published in the April 15, 1948, issue of The Mountain 
Eagle:

Deputy Sheriff Hillard Bates Fatally Shot at Hemphill

Hillard Bates well known county man was killed in a fight with Earl Bentley on 
Sunday evening about 9:00 EST.

According to Sheriff Herman C. Combs he was called to the upper end of the 
county to quiet a disturbance between Bates and the Bentley's. He asked Bates 
for his resignation which he gave. Mr. Combs then left thinking every thing had 
quieted down coming back home he sat down to eat supper and the phone rang it 
being Bates who said "well they shot me but I am not killed I am too tough for 
that" then he was told that he need not come up as every thing was all right but 
he told him he would be right up. When he arrived Bates was sick and vomiting.

He drove his car all around drank a soda and in general seemed to be sure that 
he was not fatally hurt.

Bates died at midnight on Monday night of complications caused from the wound 
which went through his abdomen.

Funeral services will be held at Whitaker today.

Information as to the cause of the shooting is lacking, but Bentley's examining 
trial will be held Friday at 10:00 A.M.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The obituary of Hillard Bates as published in the April 15, 1948, issue of The 
Mountain Eagle:

Obituary of Hillard Bates

Hillard Bates of Jackhorn, was shot on Sunday April 11th 1948 and passed from 
this life at the Fleming Hospital on Monday night April 12th. He was the son of 
the late Robert Bates and Lizzie Lucas Bates and was borned on July 10, 1909, 
being 38 years 9 months and 2 days of age at his death. He leaves to mourn his 
loss, his wife Marie Wright Bates, seven children, Maynard, Maryland, Gloria, 
Gardenia, Patricia, Mable and Delmer Ray, his mother and the following brothers 
and sisters: M. D. Bates, Lizzie Webb, Luema Hart, Millard Bates, Hattie Napier, 
Floyd Bates and Virgie Hall. Hillard Bates spent most of his life in Letcher 
county in the mining business, serving as an officer of Letcher Co., and as a 
mechanic. He made many friends. His sudden and tragic death was a sad shock to 
everyone who knew him. Funeral services were held at the Freewill Baptist church 
of Whitaker Thursday April 15th, at 10:00 A.M. o'clock with Revs. G. B. 
Dickerson and Willard Martin officiating. Burial in the Whitaker Cemetery. Craft 
Funeral Home in charge of funeral arrangements.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/letcher/vitals/deaths/bates1094ndt.txt

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