Obituaries:  William Odell Gates, Sabine Parish       G-320
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 26, 2003
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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William Odell Gates

  Mr. William O. "Odell" Gates, 67, of Pleasant Hill, died Friday,
Feb. 21, 2003, after a lengthy battle with cancer.

  Services for Mr. Gates were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 23, in
Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Mansfield, with Bro. Connie
Tucker officiating. Burial followed in the Spring Ridge Cemetery
at Pleasant Hill.

  He is survived by a daughter, Sonya Ballard and husband Shane;
three grandchildren, Haleigh, and Paden Ballard, and Melissa
Bolton, all of Kingwood, Texas; two sisters, Melveana Vines of
Mansfield, and Fannie Bridges and husband Ray of Shreveport; and
two nephews, Mitchell Vines, and Steve Bridges of Shreveport. He
is also leaving behind to remember the "Good O'le Days", numerous
friends.

  Mr. Gates was born in Mitchell on April 27, 1935, to W. D.
"Bill" and Nettie Britt Gates, and resided in Pleasant Hill most
of his life. He was a dedicated member of Noble United
Pentecostal Church.

  Pallbearers were Mitchell Vines, Junior Golden, Truly Bozeman
III, Russel Bozeman, Byron Britt, Robert Britt, and Rob Gaddis.
Honorary pallbearers were Truly Bozeman Jr., Steve Bridges,
Buster Gaddis, Brose Hayes, Leon Campbell, Don Hubbard, and Allen
Brown.

  Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Mansfield, La.