Obit of Robert B. "Buz" Bates - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter SandKatC@aol.com Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Rose Hill Cemetery--Chickasha OK No newspaper name mentioned 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 at Chickasha, under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home of Chickasha. Bates was born 24-May-1950 in Hobart, kiowa co., 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 to 1998. He had recently been employed at Chickasha Bank as vice president. He was a member of the Rotary Club, American and Oklahoma Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Central Oklahoma Investment Club of Chickasha. 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. Survivors include his wife, two sons, his parents, and one brother.