Obituaries: Oliver Monroe Gates, 1973, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 19, 1973 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

O. M. Gates, 83, Succumbs; Rites At Sikes

Oliver Monroe Gates, 83, of Winnfield, died at 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 12,
1973 in a local hospital after a long illness.

Funeral services were held Friday at 11 a.m. at the Sikes Baptist Church with
Rev. Willie James officiating.  Interment, under the direction of Southern
Funeral Home of Winnfield, was in the Sikes Cemetery.

A retired railroad employee, Mr. Gates was a native of Winn Parish.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Clara Gates of Winnfield; one son, Grayson
Gates of Winnfield; four daughters, Mrs. Homer Smith of Winnfield, Mrs. Thomas
Smith of Bastrop, Mrs. Ruth Brown of Fallbrook, California, and Mrs. J. W.
Ryals of West Monroe; two brothers, Sam Gates of Dodson and Dewey Gates of
Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Jimmy Busby of Crowville and Mrs. Gene Holloway of
Monroe; 16 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.