Obituaries:  John Elbert Cates, Sabine Parish       C-320
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 2, 1984
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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John Elbert Cates

  Services for Mr. John Elbert Cates, 96, of Nobel were held at 11
a.m., Friday, July 27, at the Drewett Memorial Chapel in
Mansfield, La. The Rev. D. R. Bolton officiated. Burial was in
Sardis Cemetery near Converse.

  Mr. Cates died Tuesday, July 24, at the Sabine Medical Center in
Many, after a long illness. He was a farmer and school bus
driver. He was born in Converse, and resided in Noble since 1943.

  Mr. Cates was preceded in death by his widow, Mrs. Helen Cates;
four children; and two adult grandsons. He is survived by two
sons, Lee C. Autrey of Houston, Tex., and Raleigh Cates of Ada,
Okla.; three daughters, Eloise Cates Goldstein of Shreveport,
Clydie C. Moritz of Converse, and Susie C. Repasky of Bridge
City, Tex.; eight grandchildren; eight great grandchildren, and
numerous nieces and nephews.