Obituaries:  Robert Gates, Sr., Sabine Parish       G-320
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 20, 1987
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Robert Gates, Sr.

  Robert Gates Sr., of Monroe, died Saturday, August 15, 1987, at
North Monroe Hospital, following a sudden illness. He was 63.

  Funeral services were held in the Chapel of Mulhearn Funeral
Home in Monroe, on Monday, August 17, at 10:30 a.m., with the
Rev. Joe Mongle officiating. Burial was in the Indian Village
Cemetery near Calhoun, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral
Home.

  Mr. Gates was a native of Monroe. He owned a camp on Toledo Bend
Lake, and spent much of his time in the Sabine Parish area.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Helen S. Gates of Monroe; one
son, Robert Gates Jr. of Many; one daughter, Ginger S. Phillips
of Athens, Tex.; his mother, Pearl Gates of Fairbanks, La.; and
three grandchildren.

  Mr. Gates was a member of the R. F. McGuire Masonic Lodge, the
Monroe Consistory of the Scottish Rite, and he El Karubah Shrine
Temple.

  Masonic rites were conducted at the funeral.

  The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the
Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital, the Masonic Children's
Home, or the American Cancer Society.