Obit of Sallie E. Standifer Bates (b320) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 7 Oct 2001 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Bates Mrs. Bates aged forty years, wife of Mr. F.M. Bates residing on Sandstone, east of Cheyenne died on Sunday last after a long and painful illness of fourteen weeks duration, and the remains were interred in the Cheyenne cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. Mrs. Bates was a kind and loving wife and a good neighbor and had the love, respect and esteem of all who knew her. She leaves a hubsand, and two adoped children, to whom she was more than a mother, and a host of friends to mourn her loss. (Headstone reads Born 1857 Died 1906 taken from the Cheyenne Star December 27, 1906) --------------------------------------------------------------------