Obituaries: Rev. Lloyd Merle Bates, 1969, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 4, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Rev. Merle Bates, Calvin Teacher, Dies Sept. 2

Rev. Lloyd Merle Bates, age 49, business administration teacher at Calvin High
School, died in a Winnfield hospital at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 2, 1969.  He
was a native of the Calvin area.

Mr. Bates, who had retired from the ministry, had served as pastor of the Mill
Creek Baptist Church.  His membership was in the Bethlehem Church.  He had
received his bachelor of arts degree from Northwestern State College and his
Master's from the University of Arkansas.

A veteran of World War II, Mr. Bates was serving as Worshipful Master of the
Calvin Masonic Lodge.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Bethlehem Baptist
Church with the Rev. C. C. Martin and Rev. Ernie Yocum officiating.  Burial
will be in the church cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home. 
Masonic rites will be conducted at the graveside.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Annie Aline Free Bates; two sons, Kenneth M.
Bates and Bobby L. Bates; one daughter, Miss Shelia Bates; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clinton L. Bates, all of Calvin; one brother, Buddy Bates of
Winnfield, and a sister, Mrs. Bernice Weeks of Calvin.