Obituaries:  John A. Gates, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       G-320
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 13, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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John A. Gates

  Funeral services for Mr. John A. Gates, 49, were held Monday,
September 11, at 3 p.m., at Rose-Neath's Mansfield Chapel.
Interment followed in the Pollard Cemetery. Rev. A. F. Ott of
Sugartown, and Rev. Barry Joyner, pastor of Antioch Baptist
Church, officiated the services.

  Mr. Gates, who passed away from a sudden illness on Friday,
September 8, was a native of Mitchell, and a lifelong resident of
the Mansfield area. He was a machinist for AT&T Technologies in
Shreveport, and a member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Stanley.
Mr. Gates was also a member of the Loyal Order of The Moose Lodge
#2239 in Shreveport.

  Mr. Gates is survived by five daughters, Coral Booker of
Logansport, Beverly Mann of Mansfield, Cindy Bissell of Stephens
City, Virginia, Sherri Tuck of Ransom, West Virginia, and
Johnette Gates of Stephens City, Virginia; two sisters, Pauline
McDonald of Haughton, and Edna Mae Shackleford of Channelview,
Texas; and six grandchildren.

  Don Pierce, Jimmy Stephens, Larry Adkinson, Buster Bissell, Jack
Martin, and Marshall (Bo) McDonald served as pallbearers with
co-workers at AT&T Technologies in Shreveport serving as honorary
pallbearers.