Obituaries:  Mr. A. T. (Buddy) Gates, Sabine Parish       G-320
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 13, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. A. T. (Buddy) Gates

  Services for Mr. A. T. (Buddy) Gates, 88, were held Tuesday,
September 12, 1995, at Rose-Neath's Coushatta Chapel.

  Officiating was Rev. Kevin Taylor. Burial was in the Springville
Cemetery, under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

  Mr. Gates was born January 14, 1907, in Sabine Parish, and died
Sunday, September 10, 1995, in Coushatta, following a lengthy
illness. He was a longtime resident of Coushatta. He was a past
member of the First Baptist Church, the Lions Club, past
Secretary of the Louisiana Shorthorn Cattlemen's Association, a
past member of the Town Council of Coushatta, founder, and
assistant leader of the Boy Scouts of America in Converse, member
of the Southern Seeds Association, and Louisiana Thoroughbred
Association.

  Mr. Gates was preceded in death by his parents, William Daniel
Gates of Gatesville, Miss.; and his mother, Martha Matilda
Sherwood Gates of Sabine Parish; three brothers, Harold Melville
Gates, Burford Gates, both of Converse, and William Harvey Gates
of Coushatta.

  Survivors include his wife, Eunice Webb Gates of Coushatta; two
sons, Thomas Gates of Coushatta, and William Gates of Shreveport;
one daughter, Martha Gates Cecile of Coushatta; one niece,
Loretta Gates Geneaux of Shreveport; several grandchildren, and
great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Mike Kennington, Buddy Jones, Tommy Glen Jones,
Ronald Webb, Robbie Smith, and Stanley Smith.

  Honorary pallbearers were George Wise, Len Geneaux, Jackie
Huckabay, Matt Wyche, Joe Bill Adcock, and C. L. (Bubba) Webb.