Beckham CO. OK - Obit for Bertha Lee Taylor Bates

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BATES Bertha Lee Taylor
 Funeral services for Bertha Lee Taylor Bates will be conducted at 2
p.m., Thursday, from the Martin Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dan Pulver
officiating.  Interrment will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City,
Beckham County, Oklahoma under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home
of Elk City.
 Bertha Lee Taylor Bates was born August 27, 1918 in Hammon to E.T. and
Leona Long Taylor and died Tuesday, March 26, 2002 at the age of 83.
 Bertha attended school at Pie Flat and after graduating she attended
college at Southwestern State College in Weatherford.  Bertha was married
to Charles T. Bates of Merritt Community on April 12, 1941 at Woodward.
 They moved to Columbus, Georgia where he entered the service.  Her
husband's business took them to Mexico, Germany, England, Puerto Rico,
and Canada besides several places in the United States.
 Bertha Lee has been a homemaker and long time member of the Church of
Christ and Presbyterian Churches.
 She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Charles and two
brothers, Deever Taylor and E.T. Taylor.
 Survivors include one sister, Stella McGaugh of Sun Ray, Texas, one
sister-in-law, Modell Taylor of Clinton, and several nieces and nephews
and cousins.
      The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, OK 26-Mar-2002