Obituaries:  Raleigh Coleman Cates, Sabine Parish       C-320
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 17, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Raleigh Coleman Cates

  Raleigh Coleman Cates, 81, of Ada, Okla., died Friday, Oct. 12,
2001, at an Oklahoma City Hospital.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Oct. 16, at First United
Methodist Church in Zwolle, with interment following at Noble
Cemetery. The Rev. Bonita Davis officiated.

  In January, 1963, he moved to Norfolk, Va. He had a career in
the military, in the U.S. Navy for 25 years. He was employed with
McFarland-Robertson Music Company for many years, and later with
Clopay Mfg. Co. He married Marilyn Edwards June 27, 1949. He was
active in the Kiwanis Club of Greater Ada, a member of the Ada
Lodge #119 AF and AM, and a member of the Ada Lodge #1640 BPOE.
He served in the military from 1942 until 1967.

  Survivors include his widow, Marilyn Cates of the home; two
daughters, Barbara Ann Martin of Anadarko, Okla., and Susan
Osborn of Denver, Colo.; three sisters, Clydie Moritz of
Shreveport, Sue Rapasky of Bridge City, Texas, and Lee Autrey of
Sugarland Texas; four grandchildren; and nine great
grandchildren.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.