Obituaries: Mary Smith Gates, 1983, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************


 


From: April 6, 1983 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Mary Gates

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Mary Smith Gates, 88, of West Monroe were
held at 11:00 a.m. Monday at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery near Sikes
with Reverend Jack Head officiating and arrangements under direction of
Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe.

Mrs. Gates died at 9:15 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 1983 at Glenwood Regional
Medical Center after a long illness.

She was a long time former resident of the Mineral Springs Community near
Sikes in Winn Parish and a member of the Friendship Baptist Church.

Mrs. Gates was preceded in death by her husband, the late Wm. Ira Wayland
Gates of Lake Providence, and her elder granddaughter, the late Carol Gates
Griffin of Houston, Texas.

Survivors include five sisters, Bessie Hinton and Lessie Andrews, both of West
Monroe, Ruby Dulaney of Sikes, Vera Kelly of Monroe, and Alvene Chitty of
Gonzales; granddaughters, the former Barbara Gates recently of Lake
Providence, Pamela and Melissa Griffin of the new Orleans area and Melanie and
Lori Whatley, recently of Lake Providence; also a number of nieces and nephews
and a host of relatives and friends.

Pallbearers were Walter Gates, Jr., Lee Gates, Jimmy Dulaney, Mike Creel,
Owen Thompson, Mike Hinton, Terrell Thompson, and Jimmy Thompson.