Obituary:  Mary Harrison Gates Morehead 

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Nov. 25, 1943 We regret to hear of an old Aberdeen Citizen, Mrs. Charles 
R. Morehead, of El Paso, Texas, who passed away Feb, 18th at the age of 
87. As Mary Harrison Gates, whe was born Nov. 23, 1855 in Aberdeen, Miss., 
she was the daughter of Susan Elizabeth Ragsdale and Charles Franklin 
Gates. Her great grand-father, Charles Gates is buried at Okolona, Miss., 
and her other great grand-father, Henry Greer, had the honor of having his 
home used as the place where Monroe County was formed in 1821. this old 
home stood near the present U.S. 45 Bridge across the Buttahatchie. It was 
in the present Lowndes county, and is a part of the Flying School area. 
Mrs. Morehead's grandfather, Daniel Ragsdale and his wife, Nancy Haynes 
Greer(Ragsdale) were pioneer settlers of Aberdeen as were her other 
grandparents, Charles Gates, Jr. and his wife Rose Reed Gates.