Obit of Robert B. 'Buz' Bates (b320) - Caddo County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sandy Miller  <skmiller@webtv.net > 1 Feb 2000   
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Surnames: Bates, Martin, Scaffetta 

Jan. 26, 2000

Robert B. 'Buz' Bates

Services were held 28-Jan-2000 at the College Heights Baptist Church 
in Chickasha, grady co., Ok. for Robert B. 'Buz' Bates who died 26-
Jan-2000 in Chickasha. Burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery in 
Chickasha under the direction of the Sevier Funeral Home of 
Chickasha. Bates was born 24-May-1950 in Hobart, Kiowa county, Ok. 
to Herbert and Cornelia (Martin) Bates. He married 06-Dec-1969 in 
Anadarko, caddo co., Ok., Annette Scaffetta. He was vice-president 
and senior trust officer of Midland Trust Company of MidFirst Bank 
in Chickasha. He was president and CEO of Oklahoma National Bank and 
Trust Company in Chickasha from 1981 until 1998. He received his 
accounting degree from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Cleveland 
Co., Ok. He was a member of the College Heights Baptist 
Church where he served as deacon and men's Sunday School teacher. He 
was also a member of the Baptist Foundation Board. He was a member 
of the Rotary Club, American and Oklahoma Institute of Certified 
Public Accountants and Central Oklahoma Investment Club of 
Chickasha. Survivors include his wife, two sons, his parents, and one 
brother.