Obituaries:  Arlon Brown Cates, Sabine Parish       C-320
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 26, 1984
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Arlon Brown Cates

  Services for Mr. Arlon Brown Cates, 69, of Converse, were held
Saturday, July 21, at 3 p.m., in the Drewett Memorial Chapel in
Mansfield. Officiating was the Rev. William Campbell. Burial was
in the Sardis Cemetery, under the direction of Drewett Funeral
Home.

  Mr. Cates, a lifelong resident of the Converse Community, died
at 7:30 Friday, July 20, in Pleasant Hill Hospital, following a
lengthy illness. He was an oilfield driller.

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marguerite Dykes Cates; two
children, Ralph Cates of Converse, and Donald Cates of Dallas;
six grandchildren; three great grandchildren; two brothers, Unez
Cates of Westlake, and Elbert Nash Cates of Centerville, Tex.;
and five sisters, Vera Barnett of Longview, Lertie Nash of
Minden, Inez Cates of Shreveport, Anita Jones of Houston, and
Venita Dugell of New York City.