Obit of John Creel Bates, 1939, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the January 6, 1939 Winnfield News-American

John C. Bates Dies of Pneumonia on Last Thursday


John Creel Bates, age 28, of Bethlehem Community near Calvin, died Thursday of
last week following an illness of three weeks and during which time he
developed pneumonia.  

Funeral services were held the following day at three o'clock in the afternoon
at the Bethlehem Church, of which he was a member, with the Rev. C. W.
Arrington officiating.  Interment was in the church cemetery.

The deceased is survived by his widow, one son, J. C., and a baby daughter,
Mary Yvonne, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bates, brothers Clayton, C. L.,
A. W., E. O., George, Jr.,
Henry, and Clarence Bates; sisters, Mrs. Marshall Canerday, Mrs. Curtis Key,
Mrs. Murry Riffe, and Miss Clara Bates, all of Calvin and Bethlehem.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)