ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: GATES, J.B. 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Franklin Banner-Tribune, Morgan City Daily Review; St. Mary Parish, La. 

Died: Saturday, April 28, 2012

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GATES, J.B. 

Funeral Services will be conducted for J.B. Gates at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 3, 
2012 at David Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Roland Fontenot officiating. 
Interment will follow at Perpetual Park Cemetery in Franklin.

Visitation will be Thursday from 8 a.m. until service time. Military graveside 
rites will be conducted by the U.S. Army Honor Guard.

A native of Edna, Texas and longtime resident of Franklin, Mr. Gates died 
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 4:08 p.m. in a New Iberia health care facility.

Mr. Gates retired from Exxon-Mobil after 36 years of service. He was also a 
veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in WWII.

Survivors include his sons, Robert Gates and companion, Maryetta Landry, of New 
Iberia and John Boatner Gates and wife, Melissa, of Fair Oaks, California; one 
brother, Darwood Gates of Edna, Texas; grandchildren, Eric Gates of Knoxville, 
Tennessee, Jeffrey John and fiancée, Heather Patty, of Franklin, Sara Jane 
Gates and husband, David Lorah, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey; and a great 
grandchild, Amber Gates of Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Johnnie Whitley Gates; parents, Robert 
Lee and Ruby Parrish Gates; one sister, Connie Gates; and a brother, Eugene 
Gates.

Pallbearers will be family and friends.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.davidfuneralhome.com.

David Funeral Home, 1101 Trotter St. New Iberia, La. (337) 369-6336 is in 
charge of arrangements.

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